Learning to pause is the first step in the practice of Radical Acceptance. A pause is a suspension of activity, a time of temporary disengagement when we are no longer moving toward any goal. The pause can occur in the midst of almost any activity and can last for an instant, for hours or for seasons of our life. . We may pause in the midst of meditation to let go of thoughts and reawaken our attention to the breath. We may pause by stepping out of daily life to go on a retreat or to spend time in nature or to take a sabbatical. . You might try it now: Stop reading and sit there, doing "no thing, " and simply notice what you are experiencing. Tara Brach
Do not ruin today with mourning tomorrow.
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Catherynne M. Valente
Baseless victimhood is usually the last stage before outright aggression.
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Stefan Molyneux
We have negative mental habits that come up over and over again. One of the most significant negative habits we should be aware of is that of constantly allowing our mind to run off into the future. Perhaps we got this from our parents. Carried...
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Thich Nhat Hanh
The present is all we have, yet it is the one thing we will never learn to hold in our hands.
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Madeleine Thien
Everything is created twice, first in the mind and then in reality.
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Robin S. Sharma
More Quotes By Tara Brach
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. If we are holding back from any part of our experience, if our heart shuts out any part of who...
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 a fight, a bull can find his own particular area of safety in the arena. There he can reclaim his...
I found myself praying: "May I love and accept myself just as I am.
In anguish and desperation, I reached out as I had many times before to the presence I call the Beloved. This unconditionally loving and wakeful awareness had always been a refuge for me.
I was manipulating my inner experience rather than being with what was actually happening.
