Tara BrachFeelings and stories of unworthiness and shame are perhaps the most binding element in the trance of fear. When we believe something is wrong with us, we are convinced we are in d… ▶372Truth
Tara BrachOn this sacred path of Radical Acceptance, rather than striving for perfection, we discover how to love ourselves into wholeness.374Love
Tara BrachWe 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 find true refuge whenever we recognize the silent sp… ▶352LoveThoughtTime
Tara BrachObserving desire without acting on it enlarges our freedom to choose how we live. ✨ Tara Brach (2012). Radical Acceptance: Awakening the Love that Heals Fear and Shame, p.15… ▶365Love
Tara BrachWe are uncomfortable because everything in our life keeps changing -- our inner moods, our bodies, our work, the people we love, the world we live in. We can't hold on to anything… ▶376DeathHumanityLife
Tara BrachWhen we open to love, we become love.311Love
Tara BrachThe Buddha never intended to make desire itself the problem. When he said craving causes suffering, he was referring not to our natural inclination as living beings to have wants … ▶333Life
Tara BrachFeeling compassion for ourselves in no way releases us from responsibility for our actions. Rather, it releases us from the self-hatred that prevents us from responding to our lif… ▶357LifeLove
Tara BrachPerhaps the biggest tragedy of our lives is that freedom is possible, yet we can pass our years trapped in the same old patterns...We may want to love other people without holding… ▶324HumanityLifeLove
Tara BrachImperfection is not our personal problem - it is a natural part of existing. ✨ Get the Love You Want — #emergingnow by Chantal Pierrat, www.huffingtonpost.com. Februar… ▶302Love
Tara BrachRadical Acceptance is the willingness to experience ourselves and our lives as it is.303Life
Tara BrachWhat would it be like if, right in the midst of this busyness, we were to consciously take our hands off the controls? What if we were to intentionally stop our mental computation… ▶358Life
Tara BrachIf our hearts are ready for anything, we can open to our inevitable losses, and to the depths of our sorrow. We can grieve our lost loves, our lost youth, our lost health, our los… ▶3710HumanityLifeLove
Tara BrachWe, like the Mother of the World, become the compassionate presence that can hold, with tenderness, the rising and passing waves of suffering. ✨ Tara Brach (2012). Radical A… ▶347Love
Tara BrachClearly recognizing what is happening inside us, and regarding what we see with an open, kind and loving heart, is what I call Radical Acceptance. If we are holding back from any … ▶271LifeLove
Tara BrachMost of us need to be reminded that we are good, that we are lovable, that we belong. If we knew just how powerfully our thoughts, words, and actions affected the hearts of those … ▶282LovePoliticsThought
Tara BrachCompassion can be described as letting ourselves be touched by the vulnerability and suffering that is within ourselves and all beings. The full flowering of compassion also inclu… ▶3510Love
Tara BrachThe emotion of fear often works overtime. Even when there is no immediate threat, our body may remain tight and on guard, our mind narrowed to focus on what might go wrong. When t… ▶273LifeThoughtTime
Tara BrachEach time you meet an old emotional pattern with presence, your awakening to truth can deepen. There’s less identification with the self in the story and more ability to rest in t… ▶241LoveTimeTruth
Tara BrachRelaxation is the doorway to both wisdom and compassion.263LovePhilosophy
Tara BrachWhen we see the secret beauty of anyone, including ourselves, we see past our judgment and fear into the core of who we truly are - not an entrapped self but the radiance of goodn… ▶285Time
Tara BrachThe 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.319Reading
Tara BrachMindfulness is a pause - the space between stimulus and response: that's where choice lies. ✨ What Is Mindfulness? 10 Answers From 10 Teachers. Interview with Kellie Edwards… ▶319Thought
Tara BrachPaying attention is the most basic and profound expression of love.232Love
Tara BrachYou have a unique body and mind, with a particular history and conditioning. No one can offer you a formula for navigating all situations and all states of mind. Only by listening… ▶254LovePoliticsThought
Tara BrachThere is something wonderfully bold and liberating about saying yes to our entire imperfect and messy life.298Life
Tara BrachFear of being a flawed person lay at the root of my trance, and I had sacrificed many moments over the years in trying to prove my worth. Like the tiger Mohini, I inhabited a self… ▶3110LifePoliticsTime
Tara BrachWhen 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.3110DeathLifeLove
Tara BrachI recently read in the book My Stroke of Insight by brain scientist Jill Bolte Taylor that the natural life span of an emotion—the average time it takes for it to move through the… ▶288LifePoliticsReading
Tara BrachWith an undefended heart, we can fall in love with life over and over every day. We can become children of wonder, grateful to be walking on earth, grateful to belong with each ot… ▶255LifeLoveReading
