Part 2 - Realizing True Well-being

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🗓️ 20 April 2011

⏱️ 52 minutes

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2011-04-20 - Part 2 -- Realizing True Well-being - Buddhist psychology and the Western oriented field of positive psychology agree: How we pay attention determines whether we live primarily in fear and judgment, or happiness and peace. This two part series explores the teachings, practices and attitudes that enable us to live a meaningful life with a heart that is "happy for no reason." Please support this podcast by donating at www.tarabrach.com or www.imcw.org. Your donation makes a difference! Thank you!

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0:00.0	A woman in our Sangha recently shared a story with me, a friend of hers, had asked her
0:24.7	to sense this.
0:25.7	She said, what would it feel like to think that something good was going to happen rather
0:31.2	than something not so good or even something bad?
0:34.7	So she asked her, what would it be like to just think about that?
0:37.9	That something good is about to happen.
0:42.0	And so this woman, friend of ours, thought about it and the response was, it would feel
0:47.9	totally weird and uncomfortable.
0:51.9	And her friend's response was, good, now try it.
0:58.3	So how about we all try that for a moment, just a sense in your life.
1:03.4	This is in your life.
1:06.2	What's it like when you reflect on the possibility that something very good is going to be happening?
1:19.3	Just notice, be mindful.
1:21.0	Just like when there's that reflection, something good is going to happen.
1:33.7	You can continue to explore that, but just to say that our normal habit is to fixate
1:44.2	on something not so good happening.
1:47.4	It does feel weird and uncomfortable for many of our nervous systems or body minds.
1:53.0	We are so used to tensing.
1:56.0	Do you know what I mean?
1:57.0	Tensing against what's around the corner?
1:59.6	Yeah.
2:00.6	Yeah.
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