Tara Brach

“What we resist persists.”

“In our culture, we are taught to attack the messenger — our own pain.”

“The most healing antidote to fear is the deep listening of presence.”

“You can begin again. Your true nature is always available.”

“Trust the gold of your own true nature.”

“The more you turn toward your pain with kindness, the more it begins to release.”

“Mindfulness is the awareness that arises when we don't take what's happening for granted.”

“There is nothing wrong with you. There never was.”

“To live with full awareness in the body is to live with intimacy.”

“What if our grief is the doorway?”

“The boundary of our suffering is the boundary of our love.”

“R.A.I.N. — Recognize what is happening; Allow life to be just as it is; Investigate with kindness; Nurture with self-compassion.”

“When we believe the thought 'something is wrong with me,' we are caught in the trance of unworthiness.”

“To wake up from the trance, we have to be willing to feel.”

“Whatever you've done in life, whatever you've been through, you are not too far gone for love.”

“What we attend to grows.”

“In the space between thoughts, the heart of awareness shines.”

“Presence is the natural antidote to the trance of fear.”

“The boundary to what we can accept is the boundary to our freedom.”