I speak a lot about what I call "the trance of unworthiness" which is really epidemic in our culture, this sense of "I'm not enough," or "something's wrong with me." Most of us have some level of it because our culture has all these standards (handed down through our families) of what it means to be okay.
Tara BrachWhen you are in touch with your body and heart, it allows you to then be in the world and act with intention and clarity and kindness.
Tara BrachStories about ourselves and about the world continually arise in our minds and shape our beliefs about reality.
Tara BrachThe process of radical acceptance is to accept that a story has appeared in the mind, and then deepen the attention to see clearly what's happening in the body, to regard those feelings and sensations with kindness and acceptance, and to notice how they come and go.
Tara BrachIn a basic way, acceptance is seeing clearly what's happening and holding it with kindness. This is a radical antidote to the suffering of judging mind.
Tara Brach