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Paying attention is the most basic and profound expression of love.

Tara Brach

The boundary to what we can accept is the boundary to our freedom.
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Acceptance Boundary Freedom Ourselves
Nothing is wrong – whatever is happening is just “real life.”
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Life Perspective Philosophy Reality Wrong
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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Beginning Creation Heart Kindness Love
Pain 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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Believe Effort Initiate Moments Ourselves Pain Wrong
Where desire ends up causing suffering is when it fixates.
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Desire End Suffering
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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Acceptance Achievement Authentic Difficult Present Self Love
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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Choice Present Relate
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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Freedom Heart Ideas Life Ourselves Philosophy
Observing desire without acting on it enlarges our freedom to choose how we live.
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Act Choice Desire Freedom Live
Whatever you encounter, may that be part of the path.
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Encounter Path Yourself
Longing, felt fully, carries us to belonging.
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Carry Feeling Path Travel
Awakening self-compassion is often the greatest challenge people face on the spiritual path.
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Awake Challenge Compassionate Face Path People
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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Acceptance Basic Hold Judgement Kindness Mindset Way
Suffering is our call to attention, our call to investigate the truth of our beliefs.
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Attention Belief Ourselves Suffering Truth
When we open to love, we become love.
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Inspirational Love Open Spiritual
Stopping the endless pursuit of getting somewhere else is the perhaps most beautiful offering we can make to our spirit.
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Beautiful End Offering Ourselves Pursuit Spirit

Paying attention is the most basic and profound expression of love.

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