I want to accept myself completely, just as I am.

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 and more ability to rest in the awareness that is witnessing what’s happening. You become more able to abide in compassion, to remember and trust your true home. Rather than cycling repetitively through old conditioning, you are actually spiraling toward freedom.

There's healthy attachment, like with a mother and child. It's biologically part of our survival.

What would it be like if I could accept life--accept this moment--exactly as it is?

Radical Acceptance is the willingness to experience ourselves and our lives as it is.

Even a few moments of offering lovingkindness can reconnect you with the purity of your loving heart.

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 the pain and needs of others, but when our hearts are open and awake, we care instinctively.