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Dharma Talks given at Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC
2014-09-10 Transforming Unhealthy Habits through Mindfulness 1:24:50
Hugh Byrne
When harmful or unhealthy habits form, they can cause us much suffering and they can be hard to change because they are carried out automatically and without conscious awareness. Mindfulness is a key to changing harmful or unwanted habits as it provides skillful methods and practices to bring them into the light of awareness. Three elements of mindfulness are particularly important in changing unhealthy or unwanted habits - Intention, Attention, and Attitude. The talk explores these three elements with a focus on Intention.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2014-08-27 Loving Truth - The Power of Investigation 1:19:21
Tara Brach
A key element in spiritual awakening is wise and compassionate investigation. This talk explores how investigation and inquiry (the use of questions) serves emotional healing, intimacy with others and the deepest realization of who we are.
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2014-08-20 Bringing Awareness to Doing 1:19:07
Tara Brach
One of the core domains of egoic trance is addictive doing - chronic activity driven by fear and wanting that keeps us from realizing a wholeness of Being. This talk looks at how addictive doing keeps us in the map of time, identified as a separate self, always on our way somewhere else. We then explore ways we undo this conditioning by pausing and opening to the liberating dimension of Being.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2014-08-06 Part 2: Trusting Your Basic Goodness 1:22:31
Tara Brach
This talk continues the exploration of what causes our distrust of ourselves, others and life, and the pathways to realizing and trusting who we are. We explore the steps of awakening from limiting beliefs, dissolving the resistance to direct embodied presence, and discovering the space and tenderness - the formless dimension - that is indivisible and whole.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2014-07-30 Part 1: Basic Trust 1:19:05
Tara Brach
One of the expressions of an awakened heart-mind is a basic trust in reality. These talks explore the severed belonging that gives rise to mistrust, and two primary pathways to realizing and trusting the indivisible field of loving awareness that is our source.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2014-07-23 Evening of Inquiry 1:16:55
Tara Brach
In this class, Tara offered a guided meditation, some brief words on connecting with the felt sense of our experience, and opened the class to questions.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2014-07-09 Nourishing a Liberating Intention 1:17:26
Tara Brach
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
Tara Brach
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.
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2014-06-18 Awakening through Conscious Relationships 1:19:22
Tara Brach
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
Tara Brach
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

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