Imperfection is not our personal problem – it is a natural part of existing.
TARA BRACHPaying attention is the most basic and profound expression of love.
More Tara Brach Quotes
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The boundary to what we can accept is the boundary to our freedom.
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Nothing is wrong – whatever is happening is just “real life.”
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Self-judgment continues to arise – it’s a strong habit – but the fact that I made a conscious commitment to recognize it has helped me stop feeding the story of being unworthy.
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When we open to love, we become love.
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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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With mindfulness training we are able to recognize when we get lost in our mental dramas, and bring a kind and nonreactive presence to the feelings that accompany them.
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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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Emotions are the interaction of thoughts and of sensations in the body.
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Mindfulness is a pause – the space between stimulus and response: that’s where choice lies.
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Happiness lies not in finding what is missing, but in finding what is present.
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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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Where desire ends up causing suffering is when it fixates.
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Our attitude in the face of life’s challenges determines our suffering or our freedom.
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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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The two wings of mindfulness and kindness will begin to open the heart to more connection with our world.
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