…the necessity of facing this suffering and moving toward a plant-based diet. Listen to the full talk: https://www.tarabrach.com/part-2-cultivating-compassion/ Explore Compassion to Non-Human Animals and Plant-Based Eating Resources here. https://youtu.be/_zLHRUnc3KI…
…go easy, to be filled with light, and to shine.” Listen and watch Part 2: Beyond the Controlling Self Listen and watch Part 1: Beyond the Controlling Self (below) https://youtu.be/kKJbhN-75P4…
When we are cut off from our natural love and wisdom, there’s a way home. This meditation guides us to a visit with our future self, and reveals a pathway…
…everywhere, it is within each of us. ~ Black Elk Listen and watch Part 1: Beyond the Controlling Self Listen and watch Part 2: Beyond the Controlling Self (below) https://youtu.be/cjcGO33t9VU…
Our suffering arises from the unseen, unfelt, resisted parts of our psyche. This talk explores ways we can deepen self-honesty and reconnect to a wholeness of being that enables us…
…ago, and his amazing insight was that all suffering or dissatisfaction arises from a mistaken understanding that we are a separate and distinct self. This perception of “selfness” imprisons us…
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…
…unable to love our world. This talk explores what underlies our addiction to self-blame and the teachings and practices that loosen aversive self-judgment and help us cultivate a forgiving heart….
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…
Meditation: Calling on Your Future Self We have within us the wisdom and compassion that can carry us through the most challenging times. This meditation guides us in accessing these…
…repeat the same sequence of reactions: Pain, flawed self, fearful self, depressed self. The chain of reactivity to unpleasant sensations is most extreme if we have been traumatized. After the…
Holding ourselves with a compassionate, forgiving heart is the gateway to healing, and to intimacy with our world. This talk explores our deep conditioning to be at war with ourselves,…
Living in a fear-based society fuels the trance of separation and unworthiness. This talk explores how we can bring an engaged compassionate presence to the suffering of this trance—in our…
We cultivate compassion by letting ourselves be touched by the suffering within and around us. As this short presentation shows, this requires intention and courage. Watch and listen to the…
We cultivate compassion by letting ourselves be touched by the suffering within and around us. Because our conditioning is to avoid vulnerability, the path of compassion requires courage and purposefulness….
This new version of the acronym RAIN is a powerful way of bringing compassion to the life within you, and to attuning and deepening compassion for others. Given at the…
We are conditioned to avoid suffering – our own and others. By pulling away, we also contract our heart and disconnect from our innate capacity for compassion. This short talk…
We each have the potential to live with a compassionate, open heart. In this talk we explore the conditioning that closes us off to authentic caring, and the ways of…
…“Awakening Compassion,” is drawn from the Tibetan tradition and carries us home to the vastness of loving presence. Another compassion meditation – this from the 2013 IMCW fall retreat. https://youtu.be/SPgxLMGf2BA…
We evolve our consciousness by bringing a clear and kind attention to the tangles of suffering. This talk explores how the “second arrow” of self-judgment imprisons us in emotional reactivity,…
