Fear of being a flawed person lay at the root of my trance, and I had sacrificed many moments over the years in trying to prove my worth. Like the tiger Mohini, I inhabited a self-made prison that stopped me from living fully.
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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Paying attention is the most basic and profound expression of love.
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Awakening self-compassion is often the greatest challenge people face on the spiritual path.
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Longing, felt fully, carries us to belonging.
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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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On this sacred path of Radical Acceptance, rather than striving for perfection, we discover how to love ourselves into wholeness.
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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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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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But this revolutionary act of treating ourselves tenderly can begin to undo the aversive messages of a lifetime.
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Radical Acceptance is the willingness to experience ourselves and our lives as it is.
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Telling each other the truth and being who we are, and having space for the other person’s vulnerability in being who they are, allows us to move in a kind of dance together that’s very fluid and graceful.
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Nothing is wrong – whatever is happening is just “real life.”
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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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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.
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Where desire ends up causing suffering is when it fixates.
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When we’re awake in our bodies and sense, the world comes alive. Wisdom, creativity, and love are discovered as we relax and awaken through our bodies.
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