There\'s healthy attachment, like with a mother and child. It\'s biologically part of our survival.

The process of radical acceptance is to accept that a story has appeared in the mind, and then deepen the attention to see clearly what\'s happening in the body, to regard those feelings and sensations with kindness and acceptance, and to notice how they come and go.

Somewhere in my early twenties I realized I was pretty constantly monitoring myself, judging how I was always falling short, whether it was about not being a good enough daughter or friend, or my appearance, or whatever. I ended up becoming involved with a spiritual path in the yogic tradition, living in an ashram, doing a very rigorous spiritual practice.

In the process of deeply accepting our own inner experience, instead of being identified with a story of a limited self, we realize the compassion and wakefulness that is our essence.