Mindfulness is a pause – the space between stimulus and response: that’s where choice lies.
TARA BRACHStopping the endless pursuit of getting somewhere else is the perhaps most beautiful offering we can make to our spirit.
More Tara Brach Quotes
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There is something wonderfully bold and liberating about saying yes to our entire imperfect and messy life.
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Awakening self-compassion is often the greatest challenge people face on the spiritual path.
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Stopping the endless pursuit of getting somewhere else is the perhaps most beautiful offering we can make to our spirit.
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Happiness lies not in finding what is missing, but in finding what is present.
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When we relax about imperfection, we no longer lose our life moments in the pursuit of being different and in the fear of what is wrong.
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Sometimes the easiest way to appreciate ourselves is by looking through the eyes of someone who loves us.
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We can find true refuge within our own hearts and minds-right here, right now, in the midst of our moment-to-moment lives.
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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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Perhaps the biggest tragedy of our lives is that freedom is possible, yet we can pass our years trapped in the same old patterns.
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Observing desire without acting on it enlarges our freedom to choose how we live.
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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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Longing, felt fully, carries us to belonging.
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The two wings of mindfulness and kindness will begin to open the heart to more connection with our world.
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We 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.
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Radical Acceptance is the willingness to experience ourselves and our lives as it is.
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