Part 4 - Equanimity - Present Heart - Universal Expressions of Love (2018-02-28)

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🗓️ 2 March 2018

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Part 4 - Equanimity: Present Heart - Universal Expressions of Love (2018-02-28) - Equanimity unfolds as we find a wise balance and spaciousness in the midst of this living, dying world. This series reflects on four primary expressions of an awake, wise heart: lovingkindness, compassion, joy and equanimity. In each talk we explore the habitual patterning that blocks our full realization of these innate capacities, and the understandings and practices that nurture their unfolding.

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0:00.0	Greetings.
0:03.5	We offer these podcasts freely and your support really makes a difference.
0:08.7	To make a donation, please visit tarbrock.com.
0:14.4	Namaste and welcome.
0:27.6	For some of you, you might not have heard the last few weeks of talks and we're doing
0:34.4	a series, each talk stands on its own, but the series are what's described in Buddhist
0:40.3	tradition as the Brahma-Viharas, that's the divine abodes, and these are the different
0:47.4	expressions of our awakening heart.
0:50.3	And each one of them naturally is part of us and can be cultivated.
0:56.4	So the first of the Brahma-Viharas that we explored was love, the second compassion,
1:02.8	the third joy, and this class we're going to explore, equanimity.
1:08.4	Equanimity sounds different from the other three, sometimes to our ears.
1:12.0	It's not as juicy or sexy or let's like, well, why do I want that?
1:17.0	You know, it doesn't sound as good as love.
1:20.0	But interestingly, it's the freedom and balance of our mind that actually allows the other
1:27.4	three to be mature and full.
1:31.2	Equanimity is that space of mindful presence where we're not reacting and pushing away
1:39.6	or grasping, but really in an open-handed way available to the life right here in the
1:45.2	moment.
1:47.4	And we know what it's like when we're not economists.
1:51.9	We all know we can feel it when we're off-balance.
1:56.2	One story that I love sharing now, and then it took place somewhere in the West in a high
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