Dharma Seed - Dharma Talks given at Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC

2015-12-16 The RAIN of Self-Compassion 1:17:51

Tara Brach

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This talk explores three key features of the trance of unworthiness and introduces a guided meditation based on a new version of the acronym RAIN that awakens self-compassion and de-conditions the suffering of being at war with ourselves. Please visit www.tarabrach.com/selfcompassion/ for a written description of the new version of the RAIN practice.

Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC : IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2015-12-09 Desire: A Current of Homecoming 1:13:53

Tara Brach

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Desire is intrinsic to our aliveness, yet when we have unmet needs, it can possess us. This talk explores how to relax open the grip of wanting and heal the suffering of addiction. You will learn how to bring mindfulness and compassion to the roots of desire, and be carried home to open loving presence. “Recovery is also about spirit – about dealing with that ‘hole in the soul’ … so how does this hole get filled and become holy space?”

Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC : IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2015-11-25 Feeling Gratitude, Giving Love - Thanksgiving 2015 1:20:09

Tara Brach

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Like breathing in and breathing out, gratitude and generosity allow us to live fully. This talks explores what blocks these natural capacities, and three pathways of nourishing a grateful and giving heart.

Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC : IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2015-11-18 Part 2: Awakening through Anger - The U-Turn to Freedom 53:36
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While we have strong conditioning to react to aggression with more aggression, we have the capacity to pause, and instead deepen attention and connect to our natural wisdom and empathy. This talk looks at how we can directly engage in this evolutionary adaptation when we encounter trauma related conflict in our personal lives, and in a parallel way when groups of people who have been part of traumatizing conflict seek reconciliation and healing.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC : IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2015-11-11 Part 1: Awakening through Anger - The U-Turn to Freedom 1:23:20

Tara Brach

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Anger is naturally triggered when we feel an obstacle to meeting our needs. How do we honor the intelligence within anger, but not get hijacked into emotional reactivity that creates suffering in our individual and collective lives? This talk explores the U-turn that enables us to offer a healing attention to the feelings and unmet needs under anger. Once present with our inner life, we are able to respond to those around us with wisdom, empathy and true strength.

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2015-11-04 Compass of Our Heart 50:26
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All of our actions, our entire life experience, arises from the energy of intention. While it’s natural that our intentions are shaped by egoic wants and fears, when we bring this into conscious, compassionate awareness, we can discover the deep aspiration that guides and energizes our awakening hearts and minds. This talk explores the movement from egoic intention to liberating intention…the movement from “my will” to “my hearts will."
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC : IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2015-10-21 Awakening Beyond Self 1:25:45

Tara Brach

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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 emotions keep us trapped in a confining identity, and two pathways of practice that serve awakening and freedom.

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2015-10-15 Bringing Your Practice into the World 61:33
James Baraz	Download Listen
How your practice can unfold as you leave retreat includes seeing it as a path of happiness; value of opening to suffering; learning to listen to the truth inside and expressing your caring as compassionate action.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC : 2015 IMCW Fall Retreat - Intimacy with Life

2015-10-15 Meditation: Radiant Empty Heart 38:01
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Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC : 2015 IMCW Fall Retreat - Intimacy with Life

2015-10-15 Morning Instructions on the Final Day of the Fall Retreat: Focus, Flow and Let Go 38:37
Jonathan Foust	Download Listen
Short orientation and a guided meditation that moves from concentration to mindfulness to an inquiry into release and surrender.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC : 2015 IMCW Fall Retreat - Intimacy with Life