When we can’t forgive ourselves, we remain imprisoned and separate from our world. This talk explores forgiving as a process of relaxing open the clenched fist of self-blame. As forgiving…
Radical Self-Forgiving
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Beyond the Controlling Self – Part 1
…of myself, in which I have goodness, and discernment, and never hurry through the world but walk slowly, and bow often. Around me the trees stir in their leaves and…
Beyond the Controlling Self – Part 2
…universe dwells the Great Spirit, and that its center is really everywhere, it is within each of us. ~ Black Elk Listen in to: Part 1: Beyond the Controlling Self…
“Make Love of Your Self Perfect”
Like a dense fog, chronic self-judgment blocks the light of our true nature. This talk explores the challenges to loving the life within us, and the pathways of practice that…
Meditation – The Heart-Wisdom of Your Future Self (18:55 min.)
In this meditation, we relax and open our body and mind, and then explore an encounter with our Future Self – the expression of our most evolved and awakened heart….
Radical Self-Honesty: The Joy of Getting Real
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…
Reflection: Heart Wisdom of Your Future Self (9:20 min)
By connecting with your future self, this reflection guides you in accessing the deep wisdom and unconditional love of your own awakening heart. “I returned to the river. I returned…
Radical Self-Honesty: The Joy of Getting Real
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…
The Wings of Awakening – Self-Honesty & Love (retreat talk)
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,…
Awakening Beyond Self
Suffering is our call to deepen attention and discover the truth of who we are beyond the identity of a separate, deficient self. This talk examines how thoughts, beliefs and…
Blog: Imperfection Is Not Our Personal Problem
…through which I could purify myself and transcend the imperfections of my ego—the self and its strategies. We were required to awaken every day at three-thirty A.M., take a cold…
Meditation: RAIN on Self-Blame (9:45 min.)
…relating to our inner life with greater understanding and compassion. “Letting yourself sense the space of kindness and presence that can arise that can hold what’s there. And you might…
Awakening from the Landlocked Self
The Buddha taught that our suffering arises from forgetting who we are. This talk explores the trance of identifying as Somebody, and the compassionate witnessing that allows us to discover…
Awakening from the Landlocked Self
The Buddha taught that our suffering arises from forgetting who we are. This talk explores the trance of identifying as Somebody, and the compassionate witnessing that allows us to discover…
Meditation: Calling on Your Future Self (12:10 min.)
We have within us the wisdom and compassion that can carry us through the most challenging times. This meditation guides us in accessing these inner resources by calling on the…
Tara Talks – Reflection: Healing Self-Blame
…releasing the armoring of blame and relating to our inner life with greater understanding and compassion. To watch the full talk, go to: Part 1 – The Answer is Love:…
Listening to the Song – Part 1
…the thoughts keep circling. Respect that this is a process that requires training. It takes a lot of self-compassion, but intention is the beginning. Intention is what opens the door….
Remembering and Choosing Loving Presence (retreat talk)
…us to identify the flags of trance, and to bring a healing attention that frees us to live our moments with creativity, wisdom and love. Includes the RAIN of Self-Compassion….
Part 5: Equanimity: A Heart That is Ready for Anything
…and controlling egoic self. When present, the solidity and constriction of egoic self dissolves, and our heart is free to respond to life with love, compassion, forgiveness and joy. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEq5BeUOWzk…
Letting Go of Judgment (retreat talk)
…the genesis of projecting badness on to parts of ourselves and others, and how we can use mindfulness and self-compassion practices to evolve our consciousness and free our hearts. NOTE:…
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