meta_pixel
Tapesearch Logo
Log in
Tara Brach

Part 3: Three Blessings - Looking Into the Mirror

Tara Brach

Tara Brach

Tara, Dharma, Selfhelp, Talks, Spiritual, Buddhist, Insight, Audio, Tarabrach, Mindfulness, Rain, Psychology, Compassion, Vipassana, Health & Fitness, Mental Health, Meditation, Guided, Brach, Buddhism, Religion & Spirituality

4.810.6K Ratings

🗓️ 3 April 2013

⏱️ 53 minutes

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

2013-04-03 - Part 3: Three Blessings - Looking In the Mirror - The third gift on the journey of awakening is the mirror. In this talk we explore how to look back into our own minds and discover the timeless, radiant presence that is our essence. It is this realization of our Beingness that enables us to live these lives with wisdom, love and wonder. Please support this podcast by donating at www.tarabrach.com or www.imcw.org. Your donations allow us to continue to freely offer the teachings!

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0

So welcome to spring and to April.

0:20.6

And I'll tell you in a story NPR ran in April, beginning April.

0:28.5

This is called the slow internet movement.

0:31.2

It was reported that hipster cities like Portland, Oregon were sprouting internet cafes

0:36.7

that only offered dial-up access to the web.

0:41.1

And these cafes give customers slow pours and slow internet.

0:47.6

And you can order your coffee and spend four hours checking your email, all for $0.99 an

0:53.4

hour.

0:54.6

So it's an honor of a lot of sacred pauses with dial-up and you can feel your breath.

1:03.8

So a reading about this, you might go, yay, you know, sanity.

1:07.3

We're getting a chance to really get in touch with your body and your intention.

1:13.3

The slow internet movement.

1:15.5

Of course, found out that this story came out in April 1.

1:23.8

So as they say, speed still rules the day.

1:30.6

But reading this, it reminded me of this very cute cartoon where you have God sitting

1:36.2

in heaven reading little notes from his feedback box.

1:42.6

And everyone says something like, not enough time in the day.

1:46.8

Wish I had more time, can't fit everything in, need more time in the day.

1:51.5

And God says, jeesh, and I know it'll do different next time, you know, not enough time.

1:59.9

So it's really interesting to explore what is it behind this trance of always feeling

2:09.1

that we have to move faster, get more done, there's not enough time.

2:14.4

What is it?

...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Tara Brach, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Tara Brach and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.

Copyright © Tapesearch 2025.