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Tara Brach's Dharma Talks
Tara Brach
A pervasive but often invisible source of suffering in our culture is self-aversion. We are a busy culture, and we move through our life feeling anxious and dissatisfied, but not fully conscious of how we neglect or judge our inner experience. We suffer from a lack of belonging: to our own bodies, to each other and to the earth. When we practice Buddhist meditation, we learn how to listen deeply and hold our life tenderly.
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2014-07-09 Nourishing a Liberating Intention 1:17:26
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The Buddha taught that this entire world arises out of the tip of intention. Intentions can arise from an egoic wants and fears, and they can arise from the wisdom of our heart that is calling us home. This talk explores the qualities that signify a liberating intention and how, by bringing presence to our current intention, we uncover the purity and power of our hearts true aspiration.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC :  IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks
2014-07-02 Blessings of Soul Recognition 1:14:29
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We live under an enchantment that has us see ourselves and each other as separate egoic entities. This talk draws on an Arthurian legend and explores the pathways of presence that enable us to see past the mask - our own, others - and recognize the spirit that shines through these temporary incarnations.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC :  IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks
2014-06-18 Awakening through Conscious Relationships 1:19:22
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Communicating our vulnerability and learning to listen - seeking to understand another’s experience - are the keys to discovering the truth of our connectedness. This talk explores the challenges and gifts of dedicating ourselves to becoming more real, present and open in our relationships.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC :  IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks
2014-06-11 Freedom and Happiness in Daily Life 1:16:54
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How you live today is how you live your life. This talk explores different meditative practices and teachings that help us reconnect with and nurture presence in the midst of the array of daily stressors.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC :  IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks
2014-06-04 Awakening from Virtual Reality 1:22:24
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This talk looks at the power our virtual reality of thoughts can hold over our lives. We then explore how bringing mindful awareness to thinking enables us to heal historical wounding and discover who we are beyond the self-story in our mind. We don’t have to believe our thoughts - they are "real but not true!"
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC :  IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks
2014-05-28 Humility 1:18:29
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In Buddhism and most faiths, humility - feeling that we all share common ground, feeling neither superior or inferior to others - is both a prerequisite to awakening and an expression of mature spirituality. This talk explores how our conditioning and culture reinforce a swing from ego-inflation (self-importance, feeling special, better than others) to ego-deflation (feeling unworthy). We then look at how a wise and kind attention opens us to who we are beyond these confining egoic states, and enables us to live with humility and grace.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC :  IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks
2014-05-21 Heart Training on the Bodhisatva Path 56:38
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Bodhisattva means “Awakened Being.” This path of awakening has three key domains for practice: remembering intention; training our attention; and compassionate activity. This talk reviews these domains and includes guided reflections that can help bring spirituality alive in daily life.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC :  IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks
2014-05-14 Question and Response 1:17:24
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Tara explores a range of questions that include working with unworthiness, recognizing aspiration, stepping out of the story and understanding the selfless quality of experience.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC :  IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks
2014-05-07 Am I Dreaming? (retreat talk) 68:15
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As we cultivate mindfulness we become increasingly aware of how we move through huge swaths of our life in trance. This talk reflects on three key domains of trance, and undoing the habitual reactivity that keeps us from the loving, open awareness that is our essence.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC :  2014 IMCW Spring Retreat: Intimacy with Life
2014-05-04 Return of the Prodigal Son (retreat talk) 1:10:30
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Drawing on Henri Nouwen’s book that interprets this famous parable, this talk looks at the ways we cut off from loving awareness, and the process of homecoming. Our inquiry, reflections and a guided meditation focus on an essential and often overlooked element of transformation: our capacity to trust in love, to let love in.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC :  2014 IMCW Spring Retreat: Intimacy with Life

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