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There is something wonderfully bold and liberating about saying yes to our entire imperfect and messy life.

Tara Brach

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Tara Brach
Age: 71
Born: 1953
Born: May 17
Peace Activist
Psychologist
Teacher
Messy
Liberating
Bold
Imperfect
Entire
Saying
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Life
Wonderfully

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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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I registered the dukkha of self-aversion with such clarity that I knew there was no freedom unless I could love this life without holding back. This didn't mean I was going to ignore my flaws and stop seeking to improve what I could. But in the deepest way, I was not going to fixate on the conclusion that something was wrong with me.
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It is through realizing loving presence as our very essence, through being that presence, that we discover true 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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Presence is not some exotic state that we need to search for or manufacture. In the simplest terms, it is the felt sense of wakefulness, openness, and tenderness that arises when we are fully here and now with our experience.
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Happiness lies not in finding what is missing, but in finding what is present.
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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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Mindfulness is a pause - the space between stimulus and response: that's where choice lies.
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My first book, 'Radical Acceptance', grew out of the suffering of feeling personally deficient and unworthy. Because most of us are so quick to turn against ourselves, the teachings and practices of radical acceptance continue as a strong current in 'True Refuge': nurturing a forgiving, understanding heart is a basic step on the path.
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If our hearts are ready for anything, we will spontaneously reach out when others are hurting. Living in an ethical way can attune us to the pain and needs of others, but when our hearts are open and awake, we care instinctively.
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When we open to love, we become love.
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Paying attention is the most basic and profound expression of 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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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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In the collective psyche it is being understood... that we can cultivate wisdom and compassion.
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There are some things we can't choose, but in being present we can choose how we want to relate to them
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If we're not open to losing, we're not open to loving.
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Observing desire without acting on it enlarges our freedom to choose how we live.
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Making a U-turn from our thoughts to our feelings re-connects us to our own inner experience and creates the grounds for connecting with others in a more authentic way. It's a movement from head to heart.
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We want to be in open, loving communion with each other and our greatest fear is intimacy. That it won't work and we'll be rejected.
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