The most powerful healing arises from the simple intention to love the life within you, unconditionally, with as much tenderness and presence as possible.
Tara BrachWhen I'm attached, I find that I don't see the other person as clearly because I'm more caught up in what I'm wanting.
Tara BrachI mentioned earlier the two wings of awareness. The first step is recognizing the fear of getting close to others - this honest witnessing of where it is in the body, where it is in your beliefs.The other wing regards what's seen with kindness and compassion.
Tara BrachThrough the sacred art of pausing, we develop the capacity to stop hiding, to stop running away from our experience. We begin to trust in our natural intelligence, in our naturally wise heart, in our capacity to open to whatever arises.
Tara BrachI sometimes call this our "spacesuit self" because we come into an environment that is difficult and challenging, where we're told to be different. We're told to jump over hoops to be loved and appreciated, so we have to develop spacesuit strategies to get approval and create ways to avoid being judged.
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