Reviewing my posts around the Holidays, I read "Preparing the Heart for the Holidays" , where I share part of a poem that Tara Brach shared in her talk. Here is the full poem. Peace Is This Moment Without Judgment by Dorothy Hunt ​ Do you think peace requires an end to war? Or tigers eating only vegetables? Does peace require an absence from your boss, your spouse, yourself?... Do you think peace will come some other place than here? Some other time than Now? In some other he

If you ever feel that your efforts are falling short, read these quotes. The truth is that any intentional movement toward presence, even when you relapse into trance, interrupts old patterning and serves your healing - Tara Brach On this path effort never goes to waste, and there is no failure. Even a little effort toward spiritual awareness will protect you from the greatest fear. - Bhagavad Gita Read same quote by Tara Brach with link to one of her articles on this

The truth is that any intentional movement toward presence, even when you relapse into trance, interrupts old patterning and serves your healing - Tara Brach I shared this in my yoga class, and today I found this article , "Awakening From the Trance of Unworthiness", where she quotes Rilke. It’s here in all the pieces of my shame That now I find myself again. I yearn to belong to something, to be contained In an all-embracing mind that sees me... —Rainer Maria Rilke Glimpse I