Happy for No Reason - Part 2 (2016-05-25)
Tara Brach
Tara Brach
4.8 • 11.3K Ratings
🗓️ 28 May 2016
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Happy for No Reason - Part 2 (2016-05-25) - These two talks explore the two different kinds of happiness, the blocks to happiness, and the ways that mindful presence and intentional gladdening the heart (positive neuroplasticity) can open us to our full potential for true happiness.
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| 0:00.0 | Greetings. |
| 0:06.6 | We offer these podcasts freely and your support really matters. |
| 0:12.4 | To make a donation, please visit tarabrock.com. |
| 0:29.0 | And I'm a stay welcome. |
| 0:32.3 | Tonight is a part two of Happy for No Reason. |
| 0:36.7 | It's a second in a class series. |
| 0:39.6 | I wanted to start by sharing with you about a conversation |
| 0:42.6 | a woman had who was from our community. |
| 0:46.4 | She had just gone through chemotherapy |
| 0:48.9 | and she was talking with a fellow cancer survivor. |
| 0:52.8 | And her friend asked her, well, what would it be like? |
| 0:57.0 | What would it feel like for you to think |
| 1:00.4 | that something good was going to happen rather than something |
| 1:03.7 | not so good or something bad? |
| 1:05.5 | What would that be like? |
| 1:06.6 | So this woman thought for a bit and she responded |
| 1:09.9 | completely weird and uncomfortable. |
| 1:13.2 | And then her friend said, good, then try it. |
| 1:16.6 | So I just wonder what happens for you |
| 1:19.7 | and you might check in if you just sense for yourself, |
| 1:23.0 | OK, there's something enriching or enlivening |
| 1:27.8 | or connecting ahead, something that you value around the corner. |
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