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But this revolutionary act of treating ourselves tenderly can begin to undo the aversive messages of a lifetime. — Tara Brach

Mindfulness is a pause
the space between stimulus and response: that's where choice lies. — Tara Brach

Observing desire without acting on it enlarges our freedom to choose how we live. — Tara Brach

I found myself praying: May I love and accept myself just as I am. — Tara Brach

...other people want to feel important and loved. Just that. [author's patient, Phil] — Tara Brach

Whatever you encounter, may that be part of the path. — Tara Brach

The muscles used to make a smile actually send a biochemical message to our nervous system that it is safe to relax the flight of freeze response. — Tara Brach

Even a few moments of offering lovingkindness can reconnect you with the purity of your loving heart. — Tara Brach

The belief that we are deficient and unworthy makes it difficult to trust that we are truly loved — Tara Brach

By running from what we fear, we feed the inner darkness — Tara Brach

Nothing is wrong - whatever is happening is just real life. — Tara Brach

I was manipulating my inner experience rather than being with what was actually happening. — Tara Brach

We are waiting for the next moment to contain what this moment does not. — 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. — Tara Brach

When someone says to us, as Thich Nhat Hanh suggests, "Darling, I care about your suffering," a deep healing begins. — Tara Brach

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

I became committed to dropping my resistance so I could get to know this energy that was driving the wanting self. — 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. — Tara Brach

Rather than relaxing and enjoying who we are and what we're doing, we are comparing ourselves with an ideal and trying to make up for the difference. — Tara Brach

When we open to love, we become love. — Tara Brach

There is something wonderfully bold and liberating about saying yes to our entire imperfect and messy life. — Tara Brach

To failure. Playing it safe requires that we avoid risky situations - which covers pretty much all of life. — Tara Brach

Imperfection is not our personal problem - it is a natural part of existing. — Tara Brach

Paying attention is the most basic and profound expression of love. — Tara Brach

Radical Acceptance: Embracing Your Life with the Heart of a Buddha. — Tara Brach

Longing, felt fully, carries us to belonging. — Tara Brach

Relaxation is the doorway to both wisdom and compassion. — Tara Brach

Managing life from our mental control towers, we have separated ourselves from our bodies and hearts. — Tara Brach

The boundary to what we can accept is the boundary to our freedom. — Tara Brach

When we relax about imperfection, we no longer lose our life moments in the pursuit of being different and in the fear of what is wrong. — Tara Brach

As we free ourselves from the suffering of 'something is wrong with me, 'we trust and express the fullness of who we are.' — Tara Brach

Meditation is evolution's strategy to bring out our full potential. — Tara Brach

In the Buddhist tradition, one who has realized the fullness of compassion and lives from compassion is called a bodhisattva. — Tara Brach

Sometimes the easiest way to appreciate ourselves is by looking through the eyes of someone who loves us. — Tara Brach

What would it be like if I could accept life
accept this moment
exactly as it is? — Tara Brach

The renowned seventh-century Zen master Seng-tsan taught that true freedom is being without anxiety about imperfection. — Tara Brach

There are some things we can't choose, but in being present we can choose how we want to relate to them — Tara Brach

Awakening self-compassion is often the greatest challenge people face on the spiritual path. — Tara Brach

Our attitude in the face of life's challenges determines our suffering or our freedom. — Tara Brach

It is through realizing loving presence as our very essence, through being that presence, that we discover true freedom. — Tara Brach

Suffering is our call to attention, our call to investigate the truth of our beliefs. — Tara Brach

We can't understand the nature of reality until we let go of controlling our experience. — Tara Brach

On this sacred path of Radical Acceptance, rather than striving for perfection, we discover how to love ourselves into wholeness. — Tara Brach

Happiness lies not in finding what is missing,
but in finding what is present. — Tara Brach

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. — Tara Brach

Spiritual awakening is the process of recognizing our essential goodness, our natural wisdom and compassion. — Tara Brach

Radical Acceptance is the willingness to experience ourselves and our lives as it is. — Tara Brach

In the collective psyche it is being understood ... that we can cultivate wisdom and compassion. — Tara Brach

Staying occupied is a socially sanctioned way of remaining distant from our pain. — Tara Brach

Our reality is the thoughts and dramas we see in our mental movies. We — Tara Brach