Evolving Beyond "Unreal Othering" (2018-06-27)
Tara Brach
Tara Brach
4.8 • 11.3K Ratings
🗓️ 29 June 2018
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
Evolving Beyond "Unreal Othering" (2018-06-27) - What motivates us - as individuals and as a society - to build walls and knowingly hurt others? This talk explores the evolutionary roots of "unreal othering" and how when we are hijacked by fear, it can take over and disconnect us from the very real suffering of others. We then look at how meditative strategies awaken us from othering, and reveal our intrinsic belonging. Finally, we apply this to our own lives in a reflection that helps us respond to someone we have turned into "unreal other" with compassion and wisdom.
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| 0:00.0 | Greetings. |
| 0:05.0 | We offer these podcasts freely and your support really makes a difference. |
| 0:10.2 | To make a donation, please visit tarbrock.com. |
| 0:26.6 | I'm a little bit of a little bit of a little bit of a message. |
| 0:33.6 | I'm really happy to be back and engaged as I've been broadcasted some. |
| 0:43.6 | I've been on the west coast for a couple of weeks and I got to behold the |
| 0:49.6 | birthing of a granddaughter. |
| 0:51.6 | It was amazing, magic to watch and then a couple of weeks, the first two weeks. |
| 0:57.6 | I was basking in the mystery and how the love of this universe is kind of just |
| 1:05.6 | flowing through this sentient newly incarnated being. |
| 1:09.6 | I remember one morning, my son and daughter-in-law were kind of blirriot and I was |
| 1:15.6 | like waxing poetic about the mystery of the universe. |
| 1:19.6 | But you know what, they were nodding. |
| 1:22.6 | They were ecstatic and exhausted both. |
| 1:25.6 | I could tell, you know, a little bit of jaundice when some milk coming. |
| 1:29.6 | The whole deal and it was just as so many know, a wonderful, just dipping into the |
| 1:39.6 | what matters. |
| 1:40.6 | And in case I sounded a bit airy-fairy about it all, I did take the 6am shift in terms of, you know. |
| 1:48.6 | But it was beautiful to witness the psychology and the biology and the spirit of this being |
| 1:56.6 | belongs and just this natural flow of just dedicating to what is part of us. |
| 2:03.6 | And of course I was, it was poignant to feel the juxtaposition of the news in our |
| 2:11.6 | world because here I was in this sense of all this belonging and the news coming |
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