Jesse Martin

“Perfection is not a prerequisite for anything but pain.”
― Tara Brach, True Refuge: Finding Peace and Freedom in Your Own Awakened Heart

“We can’t understand the nature of reality until we let go of controlling our experience.”
― Tara Brach, True Refuge: Finding Peace and Freedom in Your Own Awakened Heart

“The way out of our cage begins with accepting absolutely everything about ourselves and our lives, by embracing with wakefulness and care our moment-to-moment experience.”
― Tara Brach, Radical Acceptance: Embracing Your Life with the Heart of a Buddha

“In the Lakota/Sioux tradition, a person who is grieving is considered most wakan, most holy. There's a sense that when someone is struck by the sudden lightning of loss, he or she stands on the threshold of the spirit world. The prayers of those who grieve are considered especially strong, and it is proper to ask them for their help.
You might recall what it's like to be with someone who has grieved deeply. The person has no layer of protection, nothing left to defend. The mystery is looking out through that person's eyes. For the time being, he or she has accepted the reality of loss and has stopped clinging to the past or grasping at the future. In the groundless openness of sorrow, there is a wholeness of presence and a deep natural wisdom.”
― Tara Brach, True Refuge: Finding Peace and Freedom in Your Own Awakened Heart