Imperfection 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.
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Observing desire without acting on it enlarges our freedom to choose how we live.
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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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When we relax about imperfection, we no longer lose our life moments in the pursuit of being different and in the fear of what is wrong.
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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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Whatever you encounter, may that be part of the path.
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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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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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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 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.
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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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Emotions are the interaction of thoughts and of sensations in the body.
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There is something wonderfully bold and liberating about saying yes to our entire imperfect and messy life.
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Even a few moments of offering loving kindness can reconnect you with the purity of your loving heart.
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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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But this revolutionary act of treating ourselves tenderly can begin to undo the aversive messages of a lifetime.
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Radical Acceptance is the willingness to experience ourselves and our lives as it is.
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The boundary to what we can accept is the boundary to our freedom.
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Awakening self-compassion is often the greatest challenge people face on the spiritual path.
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When we open to love, we become love.
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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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Through 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.
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When we’re awake in our bodies and sense, the world comes alive. Wisdom, creativity, and love are discovered as we relax and awaken through our bodies.
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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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Longing, felt fully, carries us to belonging.
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We can find true refuge within our own hearts and minds-right here, right now, in the midst of our moment-to-moment lives.
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