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Attention Quotes by Tara Brach

12 Attention quotes by Tara Brach

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Tara Brach’s twelve short passages treat attention as an act of kindness toward ourselves. She weaves meditation practice with everyday moments, encouraging a gentle, non‑judgmental focus that eases anxiety. It’s a modest yet heartfelt collection for those beginning a mindfulness path.

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

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

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“Attention is the most basic form of love. By paying attention we let ourselves be touched by life , and our hearts…

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The process of radical acceptance is to accept that a story has appeared in the mind, and then deepen the attention to…

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When caught in conflict and blame - make a U-turn and shift your attention from blaming thoughts to what's going on emotionally…

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When I watch that attachment happening, I see the beliefs that I have around it. If somebody's not paying attention to me…

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Because we have such a deeply grooved conditioning to reject and condemn ourselves, particularly in this culture, I find that emphasis on…

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The mistake we make is that when we're feeling another person is not treating us in the way that makes us feel…

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I might find that I have a habit of being jealous and comparing myself with other people and riveting my attention on…

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The way to develop the habit of savoring is to pause when something is beautiful and good and catches our attention -…

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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…

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If attachment then carries forward in a way that's not healthy, we need to let it be there without making it wrong…

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Become a witness to your thoughts.

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

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Stories about ourselves and about the world continually arise in our minds and shape our beliefs about reality.

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Discovering a richer quality of being-ness means to keep surrendering and letting go of resistance.

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