Stopping the endless pursuit of getting somewhere else is the perhaps most beautiful offering we can make to our spirit.
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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Nothing is wrong – whatever is happening is just “real life.”
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We’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.
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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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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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Sometimes the easiest way to appreciate ourselves is by looking through the eyes of someone who loves us.
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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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Imperfection is not our personal problem – it is a natural part of existing.
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We wait for things to be different in order to feel okay with life. As long as we keep attaching our happiness to the external events of our lives, which are ever changing, we’ll always be left waiting for it.
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Paying attention is the most basic and profound expression of love.
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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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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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Mindfulness is a pause – the space between stimulus and response: that’s where choice lies.
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People don’t behave in angry ways unless they are feeling stressed and conflicted too.
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Longing, felt fully, carries us to belonging.
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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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The most powerful healing arises from the simple intention to love the life within you, unconditionally, with as much tenderness and presence as possible.
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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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Relaxation is the doorway to both wisdom and compassion.
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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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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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By 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.
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Observing desire without acting on it enlarges our freedom to choose how we live.
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Whatever you encounter, may that be part of the path.
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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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Awakening self-compassion is often the greatest challenge people face on the spiritual path.
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Happiness lies not in finding what is missing, but in finding what is present.
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