…are dominated by the fear and grasping of our survival brain. These talks and meditations are offered to help explore how we can facilitate the evolution of consciousness with the…
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Meditation: Touching Peace (22:51 min.)
…poet Philip Booth. As you float now, where I held you and let go, remember when fear cramps your heart what I told you: lie gently and wide to the…
Change, Loss and Timeless Love (Part 1)
…at the ways, we resist facing our fears and grieving our losses. We then explore how to bring mindfulness and compassion to processing what we’ve resisted, and opening to the…
Your Future Self: Turning Towards Your Awakened HeartMind
Our lives are shaped by our evolutionary past – the fears and wants that arise from a separate self sense – and the pull of our evolutionary potential – our…
Equanimity: The Gifts of Non-Reactive Mindful Presence
…how, when we’re reacting from anger, clinging or fear, to pause, reconnect to the immediate experience of “just this” and remember the love and awareness that has room for the changing…
Meditation: Meeting Life with a Spacious Heart (22:00 min.)
…are the love we long for no end and no beginning bigger than our deepest fear fresh and clear in every moment it’s love that makes us whole Danna Faulds…
Radical Love: Part 2 – Loving Ourselves into Healing
…self—and how we can call on the light and warmth of awareness to awaken that love. “Love takes off the masks that we fear we cannot live without and know…
Learning to Respond, Not React
When stressed, we often react with looping fear-thoughts, feelings and behaviors that cause harm to ourselves and/or others. This talk offers three interrelated strategies that can serve us when we’re…
The Sacred Art of Listening
Just as presence is the heart of meditation, so deep listening is at the center of all conscious, loving relationships. This talk explores how our wants and fears block listening,…
Meditation: Listening to Life (24:26 min.)
…or even before. We shall always be meeting again at the true source, always meeting again on the myriad paths of life. ~ Thich Nhat Hanh, No Death, No Fear…
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…create a safe and intimate space for people to share what’s in their hearts without fear of judgment or contradiction. All are welcome, and there is no cost to join….
Buddhists Help Get Out the Vote
Buddhists Help Get Out the Vote In this time of great fear, it is important that we think of the long-term challenges—and possibilities—of the entire globe. Photographs of our world…
Sheltering In Love – Part 6: Loneliness as a Portal to Sacred Presence (Part 2 of 2)
The root of suffering is the pain of separation, the fears and loneliness that arise when we have forgotten our intrinsic belonging to each other and to all of life….
Sheltering In Love – Part 5: Loneliness as a Portal to Sacred Presence – Part 1 of 2
The root of suffering is the pain of separation, the fears and loneliness that arise when we have forgotten our intrinsic belonging to each other and to all of life….
Sheltering In Love – Part 3
…more compassionate world. Every time I take a step in the direction of generosity, I know that I’m moving from fear to love. ~ Henri Nouwen Enjoy the other parts:…
A Steady Heart in Time of Coronavirus ~ with Jack Kornfield and Tara Brach
During this time of Coronavirus, a time of collective fears and difficulty, it is crucial to find ways to steady the heart and to connect compassionately with ourselves and with…
From Head to Heart
If we are suffering, we are believing an interpretation of reality that is limiting and untrue. At these times we are imprisoned in a painful looping of fear-driven thoughts and…
Reconnecting with Our Lives – Healing from Dissociation
…the practices that directly enable us to include the “unlived life” – the fear and shame, passion and loneliness – that we’ve pushed away. By including the raw energies we’ve…
Tara Talks – Reflection: The Practice of Serving as a Gateway to Happiness
…direction of generosity, I know that I am moving from fear to love.” – Henri Nouwen. Listen to the full talk: Happiness Is Possible: De-conditioning the Negativity Bias – Part…
Blog: Reaching Out For Compassion
…the universe. Sure, God existed, but she felt too sinful and wretched to reach out to him. Fearing she might harm herself, Marian sought counsel from an elderly Jesuit priest…
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