Even a few moments of offering lovingkindness can reconnect you with the purity of your loving heart. — Tara Brach Copy Share Image
It is through realizing loving presence as our very essence, through being that presence, that we discover true freedom. — Tara Brach Copy Share Image
My understanding is that to love, we need to be able to totally surrender to the living/dying nature of this world. — Tara Brach Copy Share Image
We want to be in open, loving communion with each other and our greatest fear is intimacy. That it won't work and… — Tara Brach Copy Share Image
I think it's possible to have experiences of love without attachment, but I think part of our conditioning is to grasp at… — Tara Brach Copy Share Image
True refuge is that which allows us to be at home, at peace, to discover true happiness. The only thing that can… — Tara Brach Copy Share Image
My prayer became 'May I find peace... May I love this life no matter what.' I was seeking an inner refuge, an… — Tara Brach Copy Share Image
“Attention is the most basic form of love. By paying attention we let ourselves be touched by life , and our hearts… — Tara Brach Copy Share Image
If our hearts are ready for anything, we can open to our inevitable losses, and to the depths of our sorrow. We… — Tara Brach Copy Share Image
I'd known that I had the capacity to love, that I enjoyed seeing other people be happy, that I had a real… — Tara Brach Copy Share Image
In any moment, no matter how lost we feel, we can take refuge in presence and love. We need only pause, breathe,… — Tara Brach Copy Share Image
It's the beginning of opening to love. Even if there's not much feeling of compassion toward oneself, just say, "It's okay, sweetheart,"… — Tara Brach Copy Share Image
We may want to love other people without holding back, to feel authentic, to breathe in the beauty around us, to dance… — Tara Brach Copy Share Image
Unless we're completely awake, have a degree of that. We tense against love and hold on in a way that doesn't let… — Tara Brach Copy Share Image
“In anguish and desperation, I reached out as I had many times before to the presence I call the Beloved. This unconditionally… — Tara Brach Copy Share Image
You can think of spiritual practice as a kind of spiritual re-parenting ... You're offering yourself the two qualities that make up… — Tara Brach Copy Share Image
With an undefended heart, we can fall in love with life over and over every day. We can become children of wonder,… — Tara Brach Copy Share Image
When we're awake in our bodies and sense, the world comes alive. Wisdom, creativity, and love are discovered as we relax and… — Tara Brach Copy Share Image
This is for anyone reading this who wants to explore it. Recognize the thought, "Afraid of loving," then gently put your hand… — Tara Brach Copy Share Image
Everything we love goes. So to be able to grieve that loss, to let go, to have that grief be absolutely full,… — Tara Brach Copy Share Image
If [kids] get into loving relationships, they're afraid they'll be found wanting, won't have the looks or body shape our culture deems… — Tara Brach Copy Share Image
It is natural that our minds replay old stories, because that is our own mechanism for trying to work out unresolved problems. Yet rerunning… — Tara Brach Copy Share Image
The great gift of a spiritual path is coming to trust that you can find a way to true refuge. You realize that you… — Tara Brach Copy Share Image
Sometimes the easiest way to appreciate ourselves is by looking through the eyes of someone who loves us. — Tara Brach Copy Share Image
By taking the time to explore charged memories in therapy we might uncover feelings that have been buried for decades. — Tara Brach Copy Share Image
To me, bringing mindfulness-bas ed practices to students, teachers and parents is some of the most important work we can be doing. If we… — Tara Brach Copy Share Image
The mistake we make is that when we're feeling another person is not treating us in the way that makes us feel secure and… — Tara Brach Copy Share Image
Emotions are the interaction of thoughts and of sensations in the body. — Tara Brach Copy Share Image
Our attitude in the face of life's challenges determines our suffering or our freedom. — Tara Brach Copy Share Image
My prayer became 'May I find peace... May I love this life no matter what.' I was seeking an inner refuge, an experience of… — Tara Brach Copy Share Image
When we see the secret beauty of anyone, including ourselves, we see past our judgment and fear into the core of who we truly… — Tara Brach Copy Share Image
I think it's possible to have experiences of love without attachment, but I think part of our conditioning is to grasp at times, especially… — Tara Brach Copy Share Image
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