Paying attention is the most basic and profound expression of love.
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.
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Mindfulness is a pause – the space between stimulus and response: that’s where choice lies.
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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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Radical Acceptance is the willingness to experience ourselves and our lives as it is.
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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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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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Longing, felt fully, carries us to belonging.
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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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Extend an act of kindness each day. No one has to know. It can be a smile, reassuring words, a small favor – without expecting something in return.
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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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People don’t behave in angry ways unless they are feeling stressed and conflicted too.
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Nothing is wrong – whatever is happening is just “real life.”
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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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The two wings of mindfulness and kindness will begin to open the heart to more connection with our world.
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Suffering is our call to attention, our call to investigate the truth of our beliefs.
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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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