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.
TARA BRACHPain is not wrong. Reacting to pain as wrong initiates the trance of unworthiness. The moment we believe something is wrong, our world shrinks and we lose ourselves in the effort to combat the pain.
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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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Become a witness to your thoughts.
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Mindfulness is a pause – the space between stimulus and response: that’s where choice lies.
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Suffering is our call to attention, our call to investigate the truth of our beliefs.
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When we open to love, we become love.
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Paying attention is the most basic and profound expression of love.
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If our hearts are ready for anything, we are touched by the beauty and poetry and mystery that fill our world.
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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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Emotions are the interaction of thoughts and of sensations in the body.
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Longing, felt fully, carries us to belonging.
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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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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.
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The trance of unworthiness keeps the sweetness of belonging out of reach. The path to “the sweetness of belonging,” is acceptance – acceptance of ourselves and acceptance of others without judgment.
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We’re so used to presenting ourselves and getting approval according to our achievements that it’s difficult to be authentic and trust that we’ll be accepted just as we are.
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People don’t behave in angry ways unless they are feeling stressed and conflicted too.
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