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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.
Tara Brach
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Tara Brach
Age: 71
Born: 1953
Born: May 17
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If you let someone know you appreciate him or her, especially when you're going to disagree, it gets that person's defenses down.
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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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People don't behave in angry ways unless they are feeling stressed and conflicted too.
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Underneath the stress is fear, and the biggest is our own personal fear of failure.
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If you can, do a gratitude practice: Each day write down three things you're grateful for. There are different ways to do this. You can have a gratitude buddy, someone with whom, at the end of the day, you exchange messages listing these three things you are grateful for. Also, you can journal it or reflect on it silently.
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I'd known that I had the capacity to love, that I enjoyed seeing other people be happy, that I had a real awe and wonder about the beauty of this world.
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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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Our greatest longing is to be intimate.
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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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