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132 Powerful Tara Brach Quotes to Inspire You

101. “When we get lost we need only pause, look at what is true, relax our heart and arrive again.”

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Pause, Truth, Awareness, Mindfulness, Self-discovery

102. “Meditation is evolution’s strategy to bring out our full potential.”

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Meditation, Evolution, Self-discovery, Mindfulness, Wisdom

103. “If our sense of who we are is defined by feelings of neediness and insecurity, we forget that we are also curious, humorous and caring. We forget about the breath that is nourishing us, the love that unites us, the enormous beauty and fragility that is our shared experience in being alive.”

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Self-worth, Awareness, Love, Mindfulness, Humanity

104. “The trance of unworthiness keeps the sweetness of belonging out of reach. The path to “the sweetness of belonging,” is acceptance – acceptance of ourselves and acceptance of others without judgment.”

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Belonging, Self-worth, Acceptance, Connection, Healing

105. “Rather than relaxing and enjoying who we are and what we’re doing, we are comparing ourselves with an ideal and trying to make up for the difference.”

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Comparison, Self-worth, Acceptance, Mindfulness, Awareness

106. “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 each day we listen to inner voices that keep our life small.”

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Authenticity, Love, Self-worth, Freedom, Awareness

107. “The spiritual path is not a solo endeavor. In fact, the very notion of a self who is trying to free her/ himself is a delusion. We are in it together and the company of spiritual friends helps us realize our interconnectedness.”

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Spirituality, Connection, Self-discovery, Awareness, Wisdom

108. “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 start right where you are, in the midst of your life, and find peace in any circumstance. Even at those moments when the ground shakes terribly beneath you—when there’s a loss that will alter your life forever—you can still trust that you will find your way home. This is possible because you’ve touched the timeless love and awareness that are intrinsic to who you are.”

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Spirituality, Peace, Refuge, Awareness, Trust

109. “There’s a mystic who says there’s only one really good question, which is, ‘What am I unwilling to feel?”

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Self-inquiry, Awareness, Emotions, Truth, Wisdom

110. “Whenever we reject a part of our being, we are confirming to ourselves our fundamental unworthiness.”

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Self-worth, Acceptance, Healing, Awareness, Mindfulness

111. “Nurturing a forgiving, understanding heart is a basic step on the path.”

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Forgiveness, Understanding, Compassion, Mindfulness, Spirituality

112. “This means accepting our human existence and all of life as it is. Imperfection is not our personal problem – it is a natural part of existing.”

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Acceptance, Imperfection, Life, Mindfulness, Wisdom

113. “We, like the Mother of the World, become the compassionate presence that can hold, with tenderness, the rising and passing waves of suffering.”

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Compassion, Presence, Suffering, Healing, Mindfulness

114. “Just as a clear pond reflects the sky, mindfulness allows us to see the truth of our experience.”

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Mindfulness, Truth, Awareness, Clarity, Reflection

115. “The way out of our cage begins with accepting absolutely everything about ourselves and our lives, by embracing with wakefulness and care our moment-to-moment experience.”

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Acceptance, Freedom, Mindfulness, Awareness, Self-discovery

116. “Perhaps everything that frightens us is, in its deepest essence, something helpless that wants our love.”

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Fear, Love, Compassion, Self-discovery, Awareness

117. “When we pause, we don’t know what will happen next. But by disrupting our habitual behaviors, we open to the possibility of new and creative ways of responding to our wants and fears.”

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Pause, Awareness, Change, Mindfulness, Creativity

118. “When we trust that we are the ocean, we are not afraid of the waves.”

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Trust, Fear, Mindfulness, Awareness, Wisdom

119. “My prayer became ‘May I find peace. May I love this life no matter what.’”

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Peace, Love, Acceptance, Mindfulness, Spirituality

120. “The 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.”

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Smile, Nervous System, Relaxation, Biochemical, Mind-Body

121. “The belief that we are deficient and unworthy makes it difficult to trust that we are truly loved.”

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Belief, Self-Worth, Trust, Love, Acceptance

122. “When we trust the goodness in others, we become a mirror to help them trust themselves.”

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Trust, Goodness, Reflection, Relationships, Self-Belief

123. “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 prove my worth. Like the tiger Mohini, I inhabited a self-made prison that stopped me from living fully.”

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Fear, Self-Worth, Trapped, Acceptance, Growth

124. “Overcome any bitterness that may have come because you were not up to the magnitude of the pain that was entrusted to you.”

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Bitterness, Pain, Overcoming, Strength, Healing

125. “Managing life from our mental control towers, we have separated ourselves from our bodies and hearts.”

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Control, Separation, Mind-Body, Awareness, Connection

126. “I think the reason Buddhism and Western psychology are so compatible is that Western psychology helps to identify the stories and the patterns in our personal lives, but what Buddhist awareness training does is it actually allows the person to develop skills to stay in what’s going on.”

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Buddhism, Psychology, Awareness, Mindfulness, Growth

127. “Our enjoyment is tainted by anxiety about keeping what we have and our compulsion to reach out and get more.”

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Enjoyment, Anxiety, Attachment, Desire, Contentment

128. “When we are resisting fear, we are identified with a fearful state.”

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Fear, Resistance, Identity, Awareness, Acceptance

129. “With 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 other and to all of creation. We can find our true refuge in every moment, in every breath.”

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Love, Gratitude, Wonder, Connection, Refuge

130. “Radical Acceptance also means not overlooking another important truth: the endless creativity and possibility that exist in living. By accepting the truth of change, accepting that we don’t know how our life will unfold, we open ourselves to hope so that we can move forward with vitality and will.”

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Acceptance, Change, Creativity, Possibility, Hope