Perhaps the biggest tragedy of our lives is that freedom is possible, yet we can pass our years trapped in the same old patterns.
TARA BRACHPerhaps the biggest tragedy of our lives is that freedom is possible, yet we can pass our years trapped in the same old patterns.
TARA BRACHSelf-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.
TARA BRACHStopping the endless pursuit of getting somewhere else is the perhaps most beautiful offering we can make to our spirit.
TARA BRACHThere is something wonderfully bold and liberating about saying yes to our entire imperfect and messy life.
TARA BRACHThe 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.
TARA BRACHWe’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.
TARA BRACHRadical Acceptance is the willingness to experience ourselves and our lives as it is.
TARA BRACHNothing is wrong – whatever is happening is just “real life.”
TARA BRACHBy 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.
TARA BRACHIf our hearts are ready for anything, we are touched by the beauty and poetry and mystery that fill our world.
TARA BRACHEven a few moments of offering loving kindness can reconnect you with the purity of your loving heart.
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.
TARA BRACHSometimes the easiest way to appreciate ourselves is by looking through the eyes of someone who loves us.
TARA BRACHWhen we put down ideas of what life should be like, we are free to wholeheartedly say yes to our life as it is.
TARA BRACHFear 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.
TARA BRACHImperfection is not our personal problem – it is a natural part of existing.
TARA BRACH