Quote

I think of desire as the essence that brings forth the whole universe.

Tara Brach

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Tara Brach
Age: 71
Born: 1953
Born: May 17
Peace Activist
Psychologist
Teacher
Forth
Brings
Essence
Universe
Desire
Whole
Think
Thinking

More quotes by Tara Brach

Image
Relaxation is the doorway to both wisdom and compassion.
Tara Brach
Image
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.
Tara Brach
Image
I think it's possible to have experiences of love without attachment, but I think part of our conditioning is to grasp at times, especially when there are unmet needs. It's part of our nervous system to hold on to where we think those needs will be met.
Tara Brach
Image
The intimacy that arises in listening and speaking truth is only possible if we can open to the vulnerability of our own hearts. Breathing in, contacting the life that is right here, is our first step. Once we have held ourselves with kindness, we can touch others in a vital and healing way.
Tara Brach
Image
We are mindful of desire when we experience it with an embodied awareness, recognizing the sensations and thoughts of wanting as arising and passing phenomena. While this isn't easy, as we cultivate the clear seeing and compassion of Radical Acceptance, we discover we can open fully to this natural force, and remain free in its midst.
Tara Brach
Image
If I'm judging the attachment, myself, or another person, then I create separation.
Tara Brach
Image
The main thing going on around intimacy is that we've developed a lot of strategies so we'll be a desirable package.
Tara Brach
Image
In the collective psyche it is being understood... that we can cultivate wisdom and compassion.
Tara Brach
Image
As I noticed feelings and thoughts appear and disappear, it became increasingly clear that they were just coming and going on their own. . . . There was no sense of a self owning them.
Tara Brach
Image
I registered the dukkha of self-aversion with such clarity that I knew there was no freedom unless I could love this life without holding back. This didn't mean I was going to ignore my flaws and stop seeking to improve what I could. But in the deepest way, I was not going to fixate on the conclusion that something was wrong with me.
Tara Brach
Image
When we put down ideas of what life should be like, we are free to wholeheartedly say yes to our life as it is.
Tara Brach
Image
I speak a lot about what I call the trance of unworthiness which is really epidemic in our culture, this sense of I'm not enough, or something's wrong with me. Most of us have some level of it because our culture has all these standards (handed down through our families) of what it means to be okay.
Tara Brach
Image
There are some things we can't choose, but in being present we can choose how we want to relate to them
Tara Brach
Image
When we're awake in our bodies and sense, the world comes alive. Wisdom, creativity, and love are discovered as we relax and awaken through our bodies.
Tara Brach
Image
People don't behave in angry ways unless they are feeling stressed and conflicted too.
Tara Brach
Image
Perhaps the biggest tragedy of our lives is that freedom is possible, yet we can pass our years trapped in the same old patterns.
Tara Brach
Image
Along with judging myself harshly, I'd also always seen the truth of goodness in me.
Tara Brach
Image
Radical Acceptance: Embracing Your Life with the Heart of a Buddha.
Tara Brach
Image
Our greatest longing is to be intimate.
Tara Brach
Image
Awakening self-compassion is often the greatest challenge people face on the spiritual path.
Tara Brach