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If we're not open to losing, we're not open to loving.
Tara Brach
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Tara Brach
Age: 71
Born: 1953
Born: May 17
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It is through realizing loving presence as our very essence, through being that presence, that we discover true freedom.
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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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With the first out breath, you are releasing worries, plans, mental tensions. With the second out breath, you are releasing physical tightness and tension. With the third out breath, you are releasing difficult emotions.
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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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Through the sacred art of pausing, we develop the capacity to stop hiding, to stop running away from our experience. We begin to trust in our natural intelligence, in our naturally wise heart, in our capacity to open to whatever arises.
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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.
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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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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 of desire as the essence that brings forth the whole universe.
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That non-attachment gives us the freedom to be exactly who we are.
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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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People have to find their rhythm. Some people have need for more contact and time together and some people need more space.
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If I'm judging the attachment, myself, or another person, then I create separation.
Tara Brach
We can find true refuge within our own hearts and minds-right here, right now, in the midst of our moment-to-momen t lives.
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The spiritual path is not a solo endeavor. In fact, the very notion of a self who is trying to free her/ himself is a delusion. We are in it together and the company of spiritual friends helps us realize our interconnectedness.
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I want to accept myself completely, just as I am.
Tara Brach
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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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.
Tara Brach
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
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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