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.
TARA BRACHLonging, felt fully, carries us to belonging.
More Tara Brach Quotes
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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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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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The two wings of mindfulness and kindness will begin to open the heart to more connection with our world.
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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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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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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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Even a few moments of offering loving kindness can reconnect you with the purity of your loving heart.
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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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Nothing is wrong – whatever is happening is just “real life.”
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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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Relaxation is the doorway to both wisdom and compassion.
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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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On this sacred path of Radical Acceptance, rather than striving for perfection, we discover how to love ourselves into wholeness.
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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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