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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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Tara Brach
Age: 71
Born: 1953
Born: May 17
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Most of us grew up with a very damaging story that something is wrong with us. Gradually - or as in my case, suddenly - we become resolved not to believe this anymore. It takes a dedicated practice to follow up on that resolution, because the conditioning is very strong to keep generating self-demeaning stories.
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I want to accept myself completely, just as I am.
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When someone says to us, as Thich Nhat Hanh suggests, Darling, I care about your suffering, a deep healing begins.
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Stopping the endless pursuit of getting somewhere else is the perhaps most beautiful offering we can make to our spirit.
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Managing life from our mental control towers, we have separated ourselves from our bodies and hearts.
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There is so much division in this world. So what is really the path of healing? It can begin in this moment, by embracing the life that`s here.
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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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Meditation helps us to get out of our thoughts about the future and really be in the present moment.
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Relaxation is the doorway to both wisdom and compassion.
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Even a few moments of offering lovingkindness can reconnect you with the purity of your loving heart.
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Emotions are the interaction of thoughts and of sensations in the body.
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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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We are waiting for the next moment to contain what this moment does not.
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Along with judging myself harshly, I'd also always seen the truth of goodness in me.
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Radical Acceptance is the willingness to experience ourselves and our lives as it is.
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If our hearts are ready for anything, we can open to our inevitable losses, and to the depths of our sorrow. We can grieve our lost loves, our lost youth, our lost health, our lost capacities. This is part of our humanness, part of the expression of our love for life.
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Paying attention is the most basic and profound expression of love.
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That non-attachment gives us the freedom to be exactly who we are.
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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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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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