2013-01-16 – Stepping Out of the Cave – If we are suffering it is because we are believing something that is not true. This talk explores the genesis of our core beliefs and the investigation, mindfulness and compassion that can release their grip. Pl…
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The Barriers to Loving Presence
2013-01-09 – The Barriers to Loving Presence – You might reflect on someone important to you, and ask: “What is between me and loving fully?” Notice what happens. This talk explores the ways we create separations from others, and the power of inquiry a…
Finding True Refuge
2013-01-02 – Finding True Refuge – This talk explores the three classic gateways to peace and freedom and includes a living ritual that invites us to bring a conscious, sincere dedication to our awakening on the spiritual path. Please support this podc…
Meditation – Awakening Compassion (from retreat)
2012-12-31 – Meditation – Awakening Compassion – Our deepest wisdom and purest actions arise out of open-hearted presence. This meditation is drawn from the Tibetan tradition and carries us home to the vastness of loving presence. Please support this p…
Meditation – Awakening Compassion (from retreat)
2012-12-31 – Meditation – Awakening Compassion – Our deepest wisdom and purest actions arise out of open-hearted presence. This meditation is drawn from the Tibetan tradition and carries us home to the vastness of loving presence. Please support this p…
Turning Toward the Light
2012-12-19 – Turning Toward the Light – This solstice talk explores how, in the face of darkness – unconsciousness, ignorance, violence – we can call on the light that is within us. The two pathways are to courageously look directly into the places of …
Forgiving Our Way to Freedom
2012-12-12 – A Forgiving Heart – Living with chronic blame or resentment is a trance that confines us to a limited fragment of what we are. This talk looks at the ways this trance is fueled and the process by which we release the armoring around our h…
A Forgiving Heart – Embracing our Inner Life
2012-12-05 – A Forgiving Heart – Embracing our Inner Life – Self-aggression, whether it’s low key blame or deep condemnation, prevents us from intimacy with others and discovering the truth and wholeness of our Being. This talk explores how we can rele…
Guided Meditation – A Forgiving Heart
2012-11-28 – Guided Meditation – A Forgiving Heart – Forgiveness is the letting go of armor we have erected around our heart. While forgiving is a life-long process, it can be engaged and deepened by practices such as the one offered here. The best att…
Gratitude and Generosity – Markings of Inner Freedom
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…
Hands Off the Controls
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 …
Practical Dharma for Stressful Times
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…
Loving the Life Within Us (retreat talk)
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…
Wise Investigation: Dissolving the Trance
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…
Question and Response with Tara
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!
Part 2 – Wise Intention–Living in Truth
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…
Part 1 – Wise Intention–the Compass of our Hearts
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…
Part 2 – Embodied Spirit
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…
Part 1 – Embodied Spirit
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…
The Freedom of Yes
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…
