Elie's Reviews > Radical Acceptance: Embracing Your Life With the Heart of a Buddha

“unless feelings are painfully intrusive or, as with sex, extremely pleasant or intense, physical sensations can seem elusive and be difficult to recognize. this is the basic characteristic of being in trance—we are only partially present to our experience of the moment.”
― Tara Brach, Radical Acceptance

“while resistance keeps us stuck by hardening our heart and contracting our body and mind, saying, 'i forgive this,' or, 'forgiven,' creates a warmth and softness that allow emotions to unfold and change.”
― Tara Brach, Radical Acceptance 1st (first) edition Text Only

“it was true that i wanted to be in a romantic relationship with someone 'out there.' it was even more deeply true that the communion i longed for was available in that very moment. if i remained awake to this communion, desires might energize and guide my attention, but they wouldn’t blind me to the fullness and beauty that are already here.”
― Tara Brach, Radical Acceptance: Embracing Your Life With the Heart of a Buddha

“some days i need to forgive myself over and over — twenty times, thirty times. i usually don't need a formal meditation to do so; i simply recognize that i'm judging or disliking myself and bring compassion to the pain i'm feeling. i consciously hold the intention to let go of blame and try to be more kind to myself.”
― Tara Brach, Radical Acceptance 1st (first) edition Text Only

“Much of our spiritual healing and awakening happens with others. We are wounded in relationship, and we need to heal in relationship.”
― Tara Brach, Radical Acceptance 1st (first) edition Text Only

“when i look back over my own years of spiritual practice, i see that my heart and mind have been most profoundly awakened in the context of deep human relationship — giving birth and raising a child, having my heart broken, helping and being helped, facing my fears of intimacy, struggling with a judgmental mind, trying to love more fully.”
― Tara Brach, Radical Acceptance 1st (first) edition Text Only

“in exposing vulnerability we are always taking a chance and sometimes might get hurt ... the greater hurt, the real suffering, is in staying armored and isolated.”
― Tara Brach, Radical Acceptance 1st (first) edition Text Only

“Radical Acceptance is the art of engaging fully in this world — wholeheartedly caring about the preciousness of life — while also resting in the formless awareness that allows this life to arise and pass away.”
― Tara Brach, Radical Acceptance 1st (first) edition Text Only