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I knew I could hold myself with that absolute love and compassion.

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Tara Brach
Age: 71
Born: 1953
Born: May 17
Peace Activist
Psychologist
Teacher
Love
Absolutes
Absolute
Compassion
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I think of desire as the essence that brings forth the whole universe.
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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.
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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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Making a U-turn from our thoughts to our feelings re-connects us to our own inner experience and creates the grounds for connecting with others in a more authentic way. It's a movement from head to heart.
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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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Where desire ends up causing suffering is when it fixates.
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If I'm judging the attachment, myself, or another person, then I create separation.
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I think the reason Buddhism and Western psychology are so compatible is that Western psychology helps to identify the stories and the patterns in our personal lives, but what Buddhist awareness training does is it actually allows the person to develop skills to stay in what's going on.
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Paying attention is the most basic and profound expression of love.
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True refuge is that which allows us to be at home, at peace, to discover true happiness. The only thing that can give us true refuge is the awareness and love that is intrinsic to who we are. Ultimately, its our own true nature.
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Along with judging myself harshly, I'd also always seen the truth of goodness in me.
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But this revolutionary act of treating ourselves tenderly can begin to undo the aversive messages of a lifetime.
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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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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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Meditation helps us gain the capacity to relax, to connect with what is going on right here and right now, to connect with other people, to re-access our resourcefulness, our clarity and our ability to focus and keep an open heart.
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We're so used to presenting ourselves and getting approval according to our achievements that it's difficult to be authentic and trust that we'll be accepted just as we are.
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Radical Acceptance: Embracing Your Life with the Heart of a Buddha.
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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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People don't behave in angry ways unless they are feeling stressed and conflicted too.
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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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