Ashley Conrad’s Reviews > Radical Acceptance: Embracing Your Life With the Heart of a Buddha > Status Update

“The unfaced and unfelt parts of our psyche are the source of All neurosis and suffering.”

“Often the moment when we most need to pause is exactly when it feels most intolerable to do so. Pausing in a fit of anger, or when overwhelmed by sorrow or filled with desire, may be the last thing we want to do.”

“By cultivating an unconditional and accepting presence, we are no longer battening against ourselves, keeping our wild and imperfect self in a cage of judgement and mistrust. Instead, we are discovering the freedoms of becoming authentic and fully alive.”

“By accepting the truth of change, accepting that we don’t know how our life will unfold, we open ourselves to hope so that we can more forward with vitality and will.”

“Without anxiety about imperfection.” This means accepting our human existence and all of life as it is. Imperfection is not our personal problem- it is a natural part of existing.