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Relaxation is the doorway to both wisdom and compassion.

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Tara Brach
Age: 71
Born: 1953
Born: May 17
Peace Activist
Psychologist
Teacher
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Relaxation
Compassion
Wisdom

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In intimate relationships, if we start trying to be more real, it's very scary.
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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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Emotions are the interaction of thoughts and of sensations in the body.
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That non-attachment gives us the freedom to be exactly who we are.
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We are waiting for the next moment to contain what this moment does not.
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The boundary to what we can accept is the boundary to our freedom.
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Meditation can change the flavor of the season.
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Mindfulness is a pause - the space between stimulus and response: that's where choice lies.
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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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Everything we love goes. So to be able to grieve that loss, to let go, to have that grief be absolutely full, is the only way to have our heart be full and open.
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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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Perhaps the biggest tragedy of our lives is that freedom is possible, yet we can pass our years trapped in the same old patterns...We may want to love other people without holding back, to feel authentic, to breathe in the beauty around us, to dance and sing. Yet each day we listen to inner voices that keep our life small.
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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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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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I would say both Western psychology and Eastern paths would recognize that we get caught up in feeling like a separate self and an unworthy self.
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Awakening self-compassion is often the greatest challenge people face on the spiritual path.
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The main thing going on around intimacy is that we've developed a lot of strategies so we'll be a desirable package.
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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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There is something wonderfully bold and liberating about saying yes to our entire imperfect and messy life.
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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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