In a basic way, acceptance is seeing clearly what’s happening and holding it with kindness. This is a radical antidote to the suffering of judging mind.
TARA BRACHWe wait for things to be different in order to feel okay with life. As long as we keep attaching our happiness to the external events of our lives, which are ever changing, we’ll always be left waiting for it.
More Tara Brach Quotes
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By regarding ourselves with kindness, we begin to dissolve the identity of an isolated, deficient self. This creates the grounds for including others in an unconditionally loving heart.
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Relaxation is the doorway to both wisdom and compassion.
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Emotions are the interaction of thoughts and of sensations in the body.
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People don’t behave in angry ways unless they are feeling stressed and conflicted too.
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When we put down ideas of what life should be like, we are free to wholeheartedly say yes to our life as it is.
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Our attitude in the face of life’s challenges determines our suffering or our freedom.
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Suffering is our call to attention, our call to investigate the truth of our beliefs.
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The spiritual path is not a solo endeavor. In fact, the very notion of a self who is trying to free her/ himself is a delusion. We are in it together and the company of spiritual friends helps us realize our interconnectedness.
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Nothing is wrong – whatever is happening is just “real life.”
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Become a witness to your thoughts.
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The muscles used to make a smile actually send a biochemical message to our nervous system that it is safe to relax the flight of freeze response.
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When we open to love, we become love.
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Through the sacred art of pausing, we develop the capacity to stop hiding, to stop running away from our experience. We begin to trust in our natural intelligence, in our naturally wise heart, in our capacity to open to whatever arises.
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Happiness lies not in finding what is missing, but in finding what is present.
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Extend an act of kindness each day. No one has to know. It can be a smile, reassuring words, a small favor – without expecting something in return.
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