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Happiness lies not in finding what is missing, but in finding what is present.
Tara Brach
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Tara Brach
Age: 71
Born: 1953
Born: May 17
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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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We are waiting for the next moment to contain what this moment does not.
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In the collective psyche it is being understood... that we can cultivate wisdom and compassion.
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