Managing life from our mental control towers, we have separated ourselves from our bodies and hearts.
Tara BrachIt is natural that our minds replay old stories, because that is our own mechanism for trying to work out unresolved problems. Yet rerunning those stories will be a fruitless looping until we learn how to move from the story into our body. This is why therapy alone often doesn't bring full healing and awakening.
Tara BrachThe 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 youโwhen thereโs a loss that will alter your life foreverโyou can still trust that you will find your way home. This is possible because youโve touched the timeless love and awareness that are intrinsic to who you are.
Tara BrachWhen we relax about imperfection, we no longer lose our life moments in the pursuit of being different and in the fear of what is wrong.
Tara Brach