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Dharma Talks given at Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC
2007-08-22 Touching Enlightenment With The Body 1:12:52
Tara Brach
Our suffering arises from the unseen, unfelt parts of our experience- our unlived life. This rejected energy is stored in our bodies and prevents us from living wakefully and wholeheartedly. By bringing a courageous, mindful presence to bodily sensations our energies untangle and flow freely. Rather than a frightened resisting "self" we rediscover our full aliveness, connectedness and luminosity of Being.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2007-08-15 Soul Of The Whole 1:21:25
Tara Brach
Our incessant inner dialog contracts us into the sense of a small limited self. The practices of presence - noticing and allowing our experience - awakens us from this limiting identity and allows us to realize the loving awareness that is our essence.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2007-08-08 Awakening From The Story Of Self 1:22:23
Tara Brach
Our life experience is shaped by the stories we tell ourselves and the underlying belief that "something is wrong with me." Meditation allows us to recognize and release the grip of the stories that confine our sense of wholeness, peace and inner freedom.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2007-08-01 The Art Of Loving 1:29:16
Tara Brach
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2007-06-13 Realizing Our Basic Goodness 1:17:24
Tara Brach
Our greatest suffering is not realizing who we are. Identified with a sense of separate and deficient self, we forget the basic goodness of our heart and awareness. In this two part series we will explore the practices of presence that support us in awakening from the prison of trance, deepening our empathy and embodying the goodness that is our deepest nature.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2007-05-30 Realizing Our Basic Goodness 1:20:37
Tara Brach
Our greatest suffering is not realizing who we are. Identified with a sense of separate and deficient self, we forget the basic goodness of our heart and awareness. In this two part series we will explore the practices of presence that support us in awakening from the prison of trance, deepening our empathy and embodying the goodness that is our deepest nature.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2003-10-16 The Path Of Compassion 59:37
Tara Brach
Our deepest nature is compassionate, yet our habitual self-centeredness is an armoring that confines our heart. The Buddhist teachings free us to be of benefit to all those we touch.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC

2003-07-09 Learning To Listen Deeply 49:34
Tara Brach
How to cultivate an open, wakeful and receptive presence, both during formal meditation and in our communications with others.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC

2003-06-18 Sacred Presence: Awakening From The Dream 53:44
Tara Brach
This talk investigates the skillful means that help us open beyond our conditioned cocoon of thoughts and to realize the freshness, tenderness and boundlessness of our true nature.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC

2002-09-04 Making Peace With Pain 50:38
Tara Brach
Our conditioning to resist pain creates trance—we become identified as a small, victimized, threatened self. We have the capacity, through mindful, kind attention, to discover genuine freedom in the midst of pain.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC

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