Book Club: Radical Acceptance, Embracing Your Life With the Heart of A Buddha

Hello our Dharma friends,
Hope this message finds you well. As one of the most active Buddhism groups online, we often get so many questions such as the following:
How to be accepting of our fate specially when bad things happen?
How to surrender to our fate? Or do I need to constantly strive to change it?
I'm trying to be kind to myself but why is it not easy?
I suffer feeling I’m constantly struggling; why do we live life?
Compassion in Buddhism means removing suffering and enabling joyfulness. When Siddhartha Gautama reached the enlightenment of a Buddha, he taught us the 4 Noble Truths, the first of which is life is suffering. But he also taught the second Noble Truth, which is there is a cause to suffering. And the third Noble Truth: the cessation of suffering & the 4th Noble Truth: the way to the cessation of suffering.
To the extent we understand the root cause of our sufferings, we can gain confidence in living life and supporting others as well. That adds to our joyfulness and vitality in life!
In our meetups, we talk about the 4 Noble Truths and in this book club gathering, we'd like to go over how karmic seeds we knowingly and unknowingly plant, which cause our sufferings. Then a way to resolve those karmic entanglements come to our view: we move from a state of resistance to a state of embracement.
We're going to read Tara Brach's book Radical Acceptance, Embracing Your Life with a Heart of a Buddha and have discussions about it. From page 9, "When I touched genuine peace and openheartedness, my inner critic continued to assess my level of purity. I mistrusted myself for the ways I tried to be positive when underneath I felt lonely or afraid."
We're planning to read about 2 chapters per month. I'd like for us to share one point each how we got moved by a point or two in the book, why that point or theme is changing our lives, and how we can explain it in a way that MOVES OTHERS' HEARTS as well. My goal for all our meetups is to learn the Dharma and share with others to spread light and love in this world.
Radical Acceptance: Embracing Your Life With the Heart of a Buddha https://a.co/d/7zgKXe6
How does self-judgement, fear of inadequacy, or rejection impact your experiences?
Radical Acceptance offers a pathway to inner freedom through personal stories and case histories along with a fresh interpretation of Buddhist tales.
March 2025: Pages 1-48 Awakening from the Trance of unworthiness & mindfulness practice of awakening from the trance
April 2025: Pages 48-92 The Sacred Pause & Unconditional Friendliness
May 2025: NO BOOK CLUB GATHERING IN MAY
June 2025: Pages 93-160 Coming Home to Our Body & Radical Acceptance of Desire (discussions needed)
July 2025: Pages 161-221 Opening our Heart in the Face of Fear & Awakening Compassion for Ourselves
August 2025: Pages 221-282 Widening the Circles of Compassion
September 2025: Pages 283-330 Awakening Together: Practicing Radical Acceptance in Relationships
October 2025: NO BOOK CLUB GATHERING IN OCTOBER
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