In anguish and desperation, I reached out as I had many times before to the presence I call the Beloved. This unconditionally loving and wakeful awareness had always been a refuge for me.
Tara BrachStichwörter: prayer
The renowned seventh-century Zen master Seng-tsan taught that true freedom is being "without anxiety about imperfection.
Tara BrachStichwörter: imperfection perfectionism
I found myself praying: "May I love and accept myself just as I am.
Tara BrachStichwörter: self-acceptance prayer
Fear of being a flawed person lay at the root of my trance, and I had sacrificed many moments over the years in trying to prove my worth. Like the tiger Mohini, I inhabited a self-made prison that stopped me from living fully.
Tara BrachStichwörter: perfectionism worthiness
I was manipulating my inner experience rather than being with what was actually happening.
Tara BrachStichwörter: mindfulness meditation
The boundary to what we can accept is the boundary to our freedom.
Tara BrachStichwörter: acceptance freedom boundaries
We might begin by scanning our body . . . and then asking, "What is happening?" We might also ask, "What wants my attention right now?" or, "What is asking for acceptance?
Tara BrachStichwörter: inquiry
On this sacred path of Radical Acceptance, rather than striving for perfection, we discover how to love ourselves into wholeness.
Tara BrachStichwörter: acceptance perfectionism wholeness
What would it be like if I could accept life--accept this moment--exactly as it is?
Tara BrachStichwörter: acceptance
In bullfighting there is an interesting parallel to the pause as a place of refuge and renewal. It is believed that in the midst of a fight, a bull can find his own particular area of safety in the arena. There he can reclaim his strength and power. This place and inner state are called his querencia. As long as the bull remains enraged and reactive, the matador is in charge. Yet when he finds his querencia, he gathers his strength and loses his fear. From the matador's perspective, at this point the bull is truly dangerous, for he has tapped into his power.
Tara BrachStichwörter: pause strength power safety refuge renewal
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