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Along with judging myself harshly, I'd also always seen the truth of goodness in me.
Tara Brach
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Tara Brach
Age: 71
Born: 1953
Born: May 17
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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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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.
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I knew I could hold myself with that absolute love and compassion.
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Underneath the stress is fear, and the biggest is our own personal fear of failure.
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I think of desire as the essence that brings forth the whole universe.
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Telling each other the truth and being who we are, and having space for the other person's vulnerability in being who they are, allows us to move in a kind of dance together that's very fluid and graceful.
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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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If there's a demand of being together in a certain way, those expectations and judgements take away from that space and create an edginess and a cramped-ness to the relationship.
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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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In intimate relationships, if we start trying to be more real, it's very scary.
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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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In the collective psyche it is being understood... that we can cultivate wisdom and compassion.
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When desire for a certain person's attention becomes an I have to have kind of grasping, then identity gets organized around needing that and it becomes very solid and sticky. That causes suffering because we're not inhabiting the fullness of who we are, we're fixated and contracted on life being a certain way.
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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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The renowned seventh-century Zen master Seng-tsan taught that true freedom is being without anxiety about imperfection.
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The two wings of mindfulness and kindness will begin to open the heart to more connection with our world.
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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.
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If we're not open to losing, we're not open to loving.
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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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