Meditation: Collecting, Unifying and Opening the Mind (21:56 min.)

Tara Brach

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🗓️ 19 November 2025

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Collecting, unifying and opening the mind, we begin with a listening attention, noticing sounds that are here. Relaxing open and letting sounds wash through. With the same receptivity to sounds, listen to and feel the aliveness of the body. Listening to the breath as if you're listening to the voice of a quiet loved one – really close in, tender attention – and including the background sounds. Not pushing away anything – a very open and relaxed, receptive attention.

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0:00.0	Welcome, friends, to the Tara Brock podcast. I'm so glad you're here.
0:11.3	Each week, I share teachings and guided meditations to help us awaken our hearts and bring healing
0:17.8	to our world.
0:24.4	You can learn more or support this offering by visiting tarabrock.com,
0:27.1	where you can also join our email list.
0:32.5	Now, let's explore together
0:34.7	the many ways we can live
0:36.7	from the love and presence that's our deepest essence.
0:45.3	Namaste.
0:48.2	Namaste. With listening attention, just notice the sounds that are here.
1:23.6	Relaxing open and letting sounds wash through you.
1:28.3	The close in sounds, perhaps in the room, including the sounds in my voice,
1:45.0	noticing the space between sounds.
1:55.0	Sensing the space in the room listening into that space.
2:07.6	And then the more distant sounds.
2:15.6	Noticing that sounds aren't known by bringing the attention to them, they're received,
2:29.3	they're known spontaneously.
2:36.4	There's nothing to do.
2:58.9	The same receptivity of listening you can listen to and feel the aliveness of the body just as with the appearing and disappearing of sounds,
3:12.3	just since the arising of sensation, this play of tingling and vibrating,
3:23.3	heat or cool. and vibrating.
3:27.9	Heat or cool.
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