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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Tara Brach quotes: 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.

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 quotes: Even a few moments of offering lovingkindness can reconnect you with the purity of your loving heart.

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

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

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

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

By running from what we fear, we feed the inner darkness

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

Nothing is wrong - whatever is happening is just real life.

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

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

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

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

Tara Brach quotes: 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.

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

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

Tara Brach quotes: When we put down ideas of what life should be like, we are free to wholeheartedly say yes to our life as it is.

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

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

Tara Brach quotes: 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.

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 quotes: 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.

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 quotes: When we open to love, we become love.

When we open to love, we become love.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Tara Brach quotes: Longing, felt fully, carries us to belonging.

Longing, felt fully, carries us to belonging.

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

Relaxation is the doorway to both wisdom and compassion.

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

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

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

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

Tara Brach quotes: 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.

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

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 quotes: Meditation is evolution's strategy to bring out our full potential.

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

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

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

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

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

Tara Brach quotes: What would it be like if I could accept lifeaccept this momentexactly as it is?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Tara Brach quotes: 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.

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 quotes: Spiritual awakening is the process of recognizing our essential goodness, our natural wisdom and compassion.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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