Radical Acceptance is the willingness to experience ourselves and our lives as it is.
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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When we open to love, we become love.
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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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Suffering is our call to attention, our call to investigate the truth of our beliefs.
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Whatever you encounter, may that be part of the path.
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The most powerful healing arises from the simple intention to love the life within you, unconditionally, with as much tenderness and presence as possible.
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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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Become a witness to your thoughts.
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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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But this revolutionary act of treating ourselves tenderly can begin to undo the aversive messages of a lifetime.
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Paying attention is the most basic and profound expression of love.
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Meditation helps us to get out of our thoughts about the future and really be in the present moment.
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As we free ourselves from the suffering of ‘something is wrong with me, ‘we trust and express the fullness of who we are.’
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Observing desire without acting on it enlarges our freedom to choose how we live.
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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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Emotions are the interaction of thoughts and of sensations in the body.
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