Where desire ends up causing suffering is when it fixates.
TARA BRACHAs we free ourselves from the suffering of ‘something is wrong with me, ‘we trust and express the fullness of who we are.’
More Tara Brach Quotes
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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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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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Paying attention is the most basic and profound expression of love.
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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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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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Become a witness to your thoughts.
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There are some things we can’t choose, but in being present we can choose how we want to relate to them.
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The boundary to what we can accept is the boundary to our freedom.
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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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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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Whatever you encounter, may that be part of the path.
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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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Even a few moments of offering loving kindness can reconnect you with the purity of your loving heart.
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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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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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