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Dharma Talks Access for Retreatants
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IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks
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Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC
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2009-11-18
Refuge in Loving Presence
1:19:15
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Tara Brach
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| There are times when there is so much fear and reactivity, that the first step in moving toward freedom is to connect with some sense of safety and love. This talk explores how an inner pathway to loving presence can support us in facing and awakening through traumatic wounding.
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2009-11-11
Choosing Presence
1:19:21
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Tara Brach
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| Spiritual awakening is energized by conscious intention. This talk explores how we get waylaid by habitual wants and fears, and the ways we can connect with the power and purity of our deep aspiration for love, truth and freedom. |
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2009-11-04
Intimacy with Life
1:24:03
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Tara Brach
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| Zen mast Dogen taught that "...to study the Buddhist way is to be Intimate with all Things." This talk reviews the often unconscious ways that we habitually block intimacy and two trainings of attention that foster a natural sense of belonging to this living world and to timeless presence. |
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2009-10-21
Behind the Mask
49:00
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Tara Brach
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| The development of a mask or persona based on our activities and roles is a natural way the ego tries to protect and enhance itself. Yet unless we wake up from our identification with the mask, we are unable to discover the truth and wholeness of what we are. This talk investigates how our masks manifest and the process of wise attention that can free us from a limiting sense of separate self. Includes a guided meditation. |
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2009-10-07
Skeleton Woman
45:55
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Tara Brach
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| If we can embrace the whole of our nature with unconditional presence - including the inevitability of change and loss--we discover deep wisdom and enduring love. |
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2009-09-30
Two Wings of a Liberating Attention
49:46
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Tara Brach
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| The attention that serves spiritual awakening is based on the capacity to recognize clearly what is happening in the present moment, and to regard what arises with a kind heart. This talk explores the challenges to a clear and honest presence, and how we cultivate understanding and compassion. |
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2009-09-23
Wise Effort and Spiritual Freedom
51:12
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Tara Brach
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| In the Buddhist tradition, wise effort, or the purposeful dedication of our energy, is an essential part of the spiritual path. While the attitudes of grasping or fear can contract the quality of our effort and create suffering in our lives; when our effort arises from sincerity and wisdom, it creates the conditions for liberation. |
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2009-09-16
Embracing the Unlived Life
43:55
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Tara Brach
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| This talk explores how we cut off from the energetic parts of our inner experience and the healing and spiritual freedom that is possible when we bring awareness to the life of the body. |
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2009-09-02
The Grounds of Living Compassion
53:04
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Tara Brach
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| A critical question on the spiritual path is how we can bring the loving presence awakened by meditation into every facet of daily life. This talk explores the conditioning that keeps us in reactive trance and the ways we can deepen our attention and align our lives with our hearts. |
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