All Tara Brach Quotes
- The next time you find yourself in some way trying desperately to land safely, your compassion might be what finally gives you the courage you… Aliveness
- Imperfection is not our personal problem - it is a natural part of existing. Difficulties
- Perhaps 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… Authentic
- Pain is not wrong. Reacting to pain as wrong initiates the trance of unworthiness. The moment we believe something is wrong, our world shrinks and… Believe
- We are uncomfortable because everything in our life keeps changing -- our inner moods, our bodies, our work, the people we love, the world we… All
- The emotion of fear often works overtime. Even when there is no immediate threat, our body may remain tight and on guard, our mind narrowed… Becomes
- Clearly recognizing what is happening inside us, and regarding what we see with an open, kind and loving heart, is what I call Radical Acceptance.… Acceptance
- Radical Acceptance is the willingness to experience ourselves and our lives as it is. Acceptance
- Feelings and stories of unworthiness and shame are perhaps the most binding element in the trance of fear. When we believe something is wrong with… Anxiety
- You 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
- Each 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… Abide
- The great gift of a spiritual path is coming to trust that you can find a way to true refuge. You realize that you can… Alter
- Awakening self-compassion is often the greatest challenge people face on the spiritual path. Awakening
- I 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… Anxiety
- The intimacy that arises in listening and speaking truth is only possible if we can open to the vulnerability of our own hearts. Breathing in,… Arise
- The renowned seventh-century Zen master Seng-tsan taught that true freedom is being "without anxiety about imperfection. Anxiety
- Fear of being a flawed person lay at the root of my trance, and I had sacrificed many moments over the years in trying to… Fear
- The boundary to what we can accept is the boundary to our freedom. Accept
- In bullfighting there is an interesting parallel to the pause as a place of refuge and renewal. It is believed that in the midst of… Area
- When someone says to us, as Thich Nhat Hanh suggests, "Darling, I care about your suffering," a deep healing begins. Begins
- But this revolutionary act of treating ourselves tenderly can begin to undo the aversive messages of a lifetime. Act
- 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… Both
- If our hearts are ready for anything, we will spontaneously reach out when others are hurting. Living in an ethical way can attune us to… Attune
- We may want to love other people without holding back, to feel authentic, to breathe in the beauty around us, to dance and sing. Yet… Authentic