People don’t behave in angry ways unless they are feeling stressed and conflicted too.
TARA BRACHNothing is wrong – whatever is happening is just “real life.”
More Tara Brach Quotes
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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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There is something wonderfully bold and liberating about saying yes to our entire imperfect and messy life.
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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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Stopping the endless pursuit of getting somewhere else is the perhaps most beautiful offering we can make to our spirit.
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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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Happiness lies not in finding what is missing, but in finding what is present.
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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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Imperfection is not our personal problem – it is a natural part of existing.
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Perhaps the biggest tragedy of our lives is that freedom is possible, yet we can pass our years trapped in the same old patterns.
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Nothing is wrong – whatever is happening is just “real life.”
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Feeling compassion for ourselves in no way releases us from responsibility for our actions. Rather, it releases us from the self-hatred that prevents us from responding to our life with clarity and balance.
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Paying attention is the most basic and profound expression of love.
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When we open to love, we become love.
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Telling each other the truth and being who we are, and having space for the other person’s vulnerability in being who they are, allows us to move in a kind of dance together that’s very fluid and graceful.
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Awakening self-compassion is often the greatest challenge people face on the spiritual path.
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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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Meditation helps us to get out of our thoughts about the future and really be in the present moment.
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Become a witness to your thoughts.
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Our attitude in the face of life’s challenges determines our suffering or our freedom.
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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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Longing, felt fully, carries us to belonging.
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The boundary to what we can accept is the boundary to our freedom.
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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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But this revolutionary act of treating ourselves tenderly can begin to undo the aversive messages of a lifetime.
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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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Sometimes the easiest way to appreciate ourselves is by looking through the eyes of someone who loves us.
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