Tara Brach http://www.tarabrach.com by Tara Brach 2012-11-21 – Gratitude and Generosity – Markings of Inner Freedom – Those who are genuinely happy, are also naturally grateful for life and generous in living. This Thanksgiving Eve talk explores key ways we block the arising of gratitude and generosit…
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Tara Brach : Hands Off the Controls
Tara Brach http://www.tarabrach.com by Tara Brach 2012-11-14 – Hands Off the Controls – We are deeply conditioned to respond to impermanence and inevitable loss by trying to control our experience. Our egoic reactivity prevents us from responding wisely to our life, and living the moments fully. This …
Tara Brach : Practical Dharma for Stressful Times
Tara Brach http://www.tarabrach.com by Tara Brach 2012-11-07 – Practical Dharma for Stressful Times – When we are caught in a stress reaction, we are in a trance that cuts us off from our creativity, full intelligence and capacity to be loving. This talk explores the flags of the stress-trance and th…
Tara Brach : Loving the Life Within Us (retreat talk)
Tara Brach http://www.tarabrach.com by Tara Brach 2012-10-27 – Loving the Life Within Us (retreat talk) – If we don’t love the life we consider “self,” we will not realize or live from the loving awareness that is our essence. This talk guides us in bringing a kind, accepting presence to our inner lif…
Tara Brach : Wise Investigation: Dissolving the Trance
Tara Brach http://www.tarabrach.com by Tara Brach 2012-10-24 – Wise Investigation: Dissolving the Trance – If we are suffering, it is because we are believing something that is not true and caught in emotional reactivity. A key tool in meditation is investigation–actively inquiring into what is happe…
Tara Brach : Question and Response with Tara
Tara Brach http://www.tarabrach.com by Tara Brach 2012-10-17 – Question and Response with Tara – Please support this podcast by donating at www.tarabrach.com or www.imcw.org. Your donations allow us to continue to freely offer the teachings!
Tara Brach : Part 2 – Wise Intention–Living in Truth
Tara Brach http://www.tarabrach.com by Tara Brach 2012-10-10 – Part 2 – Wise Intention–Living in Truth – Evolution has conditioned us to identify as an egoic self and to protect that identity. A key strategy is trying to control how others perceive us through pretense and deception. This talk explor…
Tara Brach : Part 1 – Wise Intention–the Compass of our Hearts
Tara Brach http://www.tarabrach.com by Tara Brach 2012-10-03 – Part 1 – Wise Intention–the Compass of our Hearts – One of the most powerful spiritual practices in the world is to reflect on your hearts deepest intention. These two talks look at the way that ego-based intentions perpetuate thoughts, f…
Tara Brach : Part 2 – Embodied Spirit
Tara Brach http://www.tarabrach.com by Tara Brach 2012-09-26 – Part 2 – Embodied Spirit – Our body–this changing field of sensation–is a portal into pure Being. These talks explore the resistance we have to embodied presence, the pathways that enable us to awaken through our bodies, and the blessing…
Tara Brach : Part 1 – Embodied Spirit
Tara Brach http://www.tarabrach.com by Tara Brach 2012-09-19 – Part 1 – Embodied Spirit – Our body–this changing field of sensation–is a portal into pure Being. These talks explore the resistance we have to embodied presence, the pathways that enable us to awaken through our bodies, and the blessing…
Tara Brach : The Freedom of Yes
Tara Brach http://www.tarabrach.com by Tara Brach 2012-09-12 – The Freedom of Yes – How do we accept ourselves or others when our actions are causing harm? Does acceptance mean passivity? Does it undermine our efforts towards change? This talk responds to these questions with a simple, illuminating an…
Tara Brach : Trance of the Unreal Other
Tara Brach http://www.tarabrach.com by Tara Brach 2012-09-05 – Trance of the Unreal Other – We are conditioned to perceive people as unreal others- two dimensional characters who lack sentience, vulnerability and goodness. This is often most insidious when we filter people through demeaning culturally…
Tara Brach : Intimacy with Our Inner Life
Tara Brach http://www.tarabrach.com by Tara Brach 2012-08-29 – Intimacy with Our Inner Life – Jung wrote that our suffering arises from the unseen, unfelt parts of our psyche. This talk explores ways we can establish a healing presence by recognizing and communicating with the parts of our being that …
Tara Brach : Part 2 – 1000 Serious Moves
Tara Brach http://www.tarabrach.com by Tara Brach 2012-08-22 – Part 2 – 1000 Serious Moves – We easily habituate to feeling stressed, leaning forward, trying to figure things out and get things done. The undercurrent is we are living reactively–resisting unpleasant experience, seeking out more comfor…
Tara Brach : 1000 Serious Moves
Tara Brach http://www.tarabrach.com by Tara Brach 2012-08-15 – 1000 Serious Moves – We easily habituate to feeling stressed, leaning forward, trying to figure things out and get things done. The undercurrent is we are living reactively–resisting unpleasant experience, seeking out more comfort and ea…
Tara Brach : Real But Not True
Tara Brach http://www.tarabrach.com by Tara Brach 2012-08-08 – Real but not True – One of the most liberating realizations is that we don’t have to believe our thoughts. In this talk we look at the suffering caused by limiting beliefs–“I am unworthy, unloveable, unsafe”–and the process by which we …
Tara Brach : Back to the Garden
Tara Brach http://www.tarabrach.com by Tara Brach 2012-08-01 – Back to the Garden – The suffering of perceiving ourselves as separate selves expresses as fear, aggression, shame and a host of other afflictive emotions. This talk examines how, by taking refuge in the present moment, and taking refuge i…
Tara Brach : Listening with an Awake Heart
Tara Brach http://www.tarabrach.com by Tara Brach 2012-07-25 – Listening with an Awake Heart – Listening to our inner life and each other is the grounds of healing, intimacy and love. This talk explores the challenges to offering a listening presence, and the qualities of open receptivity and interes…
Tara Brach : (retreat talk) Our True Nature–Emptiness Dancing
Tara Brach http://www.tarabrach.com by Tara Brach (retreat talk) 2011-10-12 – Our True Nature–Emptiness Dancing – The most profound question in spiritual life is “who (or what) am I?” This talk explores ways of inquiring into the nature of awareness, and the blessings of embodying the realization of …
Tara Brach : (from Retreat) Introduction to the Heart Practices
Tara Brach http://www.tarabrach.com by Tara Brach 2012-04-28 – Introduction to the Heart Practices – These instructions on the heart practices were given at the IMCW 2012 Spring Retreat. A guided lovingkindness or “metta” meditation to open the heart and come home to presence follows. Please support t…
