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Managing life from our mental control towers, we have separated ourselves from our bodies and hearts.
Tara Brach
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Tara Brach
Age: 71
Born: 1953
Born: May 17
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Allowing another to be as they are is more what I think of as space. The space to express yourself and know that you're going to be accepted. That's more where I go than with the actual physical logistics of how much time you have together and how much time you have apart.
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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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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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Sometimes the easiest way to appreciate ourselves is by looking through the eyes of someone who loves us.
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We, like the Mother of the World, become the compassionate presence that can hold, with tenderness, the rising and passing waves of suffering.
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This is for anyone reading this who wants to explore it. Recognize the thought, Afraid of loving, then gently put your hand on your heart to send a message of kindness.
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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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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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Meditation is evolution's strategy to bring out our full potential.
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I think of desire as the essence that brings forth the whole universe.
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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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There's healthy attachment, like with a mother and child. It's biologically part of our survival.
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The spiritual path is not a solo endeavor. In fact, the very notion of a self who is trying to free her/ himself is a delusion. We are in it together and the company of spiritual friends helps us realize our interconnectedness.
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With the first out breath, you are releasing worries, plans, mental tensions. With the second out breath, you are releasing physical tightness and tension. With the third out breath, you are releasing difficult emotions.
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People don't behave in angry ways unless they are feeling stressed and conflicted too.
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As long as we are alive, we feel fear. It is an intrinsic part of our makeup, as natural as a bitter cold winter day or the winds that rip branches off trees. If we resist it or push it aside, we miss a powerful opportunity for awakening.
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You can think of spiritual practice as a kind of spiritual re-parenting ... You're offering yourself the two qualities that make up good parenting: understanding - seeing yourself for who you truly are - and relating to what you see with unconditional love.
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If we're not open to losing, we're not open to loving.
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Emotions are the interaction of thoughts and of sensations in the body.
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We are waiting for the next moment to contain what this moment does not.
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