Radical Compassion: Learning to Love Yourself and Your World with the Practice of RAIN
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Radical Compassion: Learning to Love Yourself and Your World with the Practice of RAIN
Forgiveness does not change the past, but it does enlarge the future. • Paul Boese
Tara Brach • Radical Compassion: Learning to Love Yourself and Your World with the Practice of RAIN
eyes. “You take care of this baby,” he said firmly. And as he slowly handed him back, “God bless you, ma’am. You’ve given me my Christmas gift.” She must have mumbled something in return, but as she rushed to the car, tears streaming down her face, she could only think, “My God, my God, forgive me.” Hearing this story, I felt a deep, aching remorse
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What does this person care about? Am I looking with fresh eyes? What is the best way to let them know their goodness?
Tara Brach • Radical Compassion: Learning to Love Yourself and Your World with the Practice of RAIN
meditation they reflect on what they most loved and respected about their son. “Let yourself feel your appreciation for who he is deep in your body, in your heart.
Tara Brach • Radical Compassion: Learning to Love Yourself and Your World with the Practice of RAIN
Recall that our survival brain is geared to remember painful experiences more readily than pleasant ones; this is our negativity bias. Even when we can’t recall painful events in detail (which often happens with trauma), they remain deep in implicit memory, shaping our expectations, beliefs, and mood—the way we experience ourselves and the world. I
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Trusting the gold is an intrinsic part of calling it forth.
Tara Brach • Radical Compassion: Learning to Love Yourself and Your World with the Practice of RAIN
How can I tell when I’m outside my window of tolerance? I know there’s a danger of re-traumatization, but sometimes I wonder if I’m just avoiding discomfort. If you have a history of trauma and/or experience PTSD symptoms like nightmares, being easily startled, and strong anxiety or panic, it’s best to assume that emotional discomfort or feelings o
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as they really are. If only we could see each other that way all the time. There would be no more war, no more hatred, no more cruelty, no more greed…. I suppose the big problem would be that we would fall down and worship each other.