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.
TARA BRACHIn 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.
TARA BRACHThrough the sacred art of pausing, we develop the capacity to stop hiding, to stop running away from our experience. We begin to trust in our natural intelligence, in our naturally wise heart, in our capacity to open to whatever arises.
TARA BRACHNothing is wrong – whatever is happening is just “real life.”
TARA BRACHSuffering is our call to attention, our call to investigate the truth of our beliefs.
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 BRACHImperfection is not our personal problem – it is a natural part of existing.
TARA BRACHSometimes the easiest way to appreciate ourselves is by looking through the eyes of someone who loves us.
TARA BRACHAs we free ourselves from the suffering of ‘something is wrong with me, ‘we trust and express the fullness of who we are.’
TARA BRACHRelaxation is the doorway to both wisdom and compassion.
TARA BRACHAwakening self-compassion is often the greatest challenge people face on the spiritual path.
TARA BRACHPeople don’t behave in angry ways unless they are feeling stressed and conflicted too.
TARA BRACHOur attitude in the face of life’s challenges determines our suffering or our freedom.
TARA BRACHLonging, felt fully, carries us to belonging.
TARA BRACHStopping the endless pursuit of getting somewhere else is the perhaps most beautiful offering we can make to our spirit.
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 BRACHWhere desire ends up causing suffering is when it fixates.
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