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8. “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, contacting the life that is right here, is our first step. Once we have held ourselves with kindness, we can touch others in a vital and healing way.”
Tara Brach 
Listening, Truth, Vulnerability, Kindness, Healing
9. “Buddhist practices offer a way of saying, ‘Hey, come back over here, reconnect.’ The only way that you’ll actually wake up and have some freedom is if you have the capacity and courage to stay with the vulnerability and the discomfort.” Tara Brach Buddhism, Mindfulness, Freedom, Courage, Vulnerability
11. “Faith is the readiness to reveal whatever is concealed. You don’t have to conceal doubts by putting on patches of self-confirmation. The readiness to be exposed seems to make the difference between ego’s approach to spirituality and an enlightened one.” Chogyam Trungpa Faith, Openness, Truth, Vulnerability, Awareness
19. “Real fearlessness is the product of tenderness. It comes from letting the world tickle your heart, your raw and beautiful heart. You are willing to open up, without resistance or shyness, and face the world. You are willing to share your heart with others.” Chogyam Trungpa Fearlessness, Tenderness, Vulnerability, Compassion, Courage
20. “Warriorship is so tender, without skin, without tissue, naked and raw. It is soft and gentle. You have renounced putting on a new suit of armor. You have renounced growing a thick, hard skin. You are willing to expose naked flesh, bone and marrow to the world.” Chogyam Trungpa Warriorship, Vulnerability, Courage, Rawness, Tenderness
26. “The act of writing is a way of tricking yourself into revealing something that you would never consciously put into the world. Sometimes I'm shocked by the deeply personal things I've put into books without realizing it.” Chuck Palahniuk Writing, Self-reflection, Creativity, Vulnerability, Personal Discovery
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8. “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, contacting the life that is right here, is our first step. Once we have held ourselves with kindness, we can touch others in a vital and healing way.”
Tara Brach Listening, Truth, Vulnerability, Kindness, Healing
9. “Buddhist practices offer a way of saying, ‘Hey, come back over here, reconnect.’ The only way that you’ll actually wake up and have some freedom is if you have the capacity and courage to stay with the vulnerability and the discomfort.”
Tara Brach Buddhism, Mindfulness, Freedom, Courage, Vulnerability
11. “Faith is the readiness to reveal whatever is concealed. You don’t have to conceal doubts by putting on patches of self-confirmation. The readiness to be exposed seems to make the difference between ego’s approach to spirituality and an enlightened one.”
Chogyam Trungpa Faith, Openness, Truth, Vulnerability, Awareness
19. “Real fearlessness is the product of tenderness. It comes from letting the world tickle your heart, your raw and beautiful heart. You are willing to open up, without resistance or shyness, and face the world. You are willing to share your heart with others.”
Chogyam Trungpa Fearlessness, Tenderness, Vulnerability, Compassion, Courage
20. “Warriorship is so tender, without skin, without tissue, naked and raw. It is soft and gentle. You have renounced putting on a new suit of armor. You have renounced growing a thick, hard skin. You are willing to expose naked flesh, bone and marrow to the world.”
Chogyam Trungpa Warriorship, Vulnerability, Courage, Rawness, Tenderness
26. “The act of writing is a way of tricking yourself into revealing something that you would never consciously put into the world. Sometimes I'm shocked by the deeply personal things I've put into books without realizing it.”
Chuck Palahniuk Writing, Self-reflection, Creativity, Vulnerability, Personal Discovery
