Reflection: Pausing and Deepening Attention in the Face of Attachment

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🗓️ 19 September 2019

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Reflection: Pausing and Deepening Attention in the Face of Attachment - In this short reflection, we explore how we can bring mindfulness and self-compassion to the habits of obsessing, over-consuming and hurting ourselves and others that keep us from true happiness, connectedness and peace. Listen to the full talk, "The Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Working with Attachments and Addictions," at www.tarabrach.com - July 29, 2015.

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0:00.0	The following reflection is led by Tara Brock.
0:05.6	To access more of my meditations or reflections, or to join my email list, please visit
0:10.9	TaraBrock.com.
0:29.9	This is a template for you to explore pausing and deepening attachment in the face of an
0:36.3	attachment.
0:38.6	To let your eyes close in sense, if you know already, maybe you do, maybe you don't,
0:45.2	some area that you feel that you're hooked.
0:51.2	Some area of attachment that you can tell keeps you from being as spontaneous, as relaxed,
0:58.1	as really trusting yourself and living from your potential.
1:01.6	It might be something in relationships where you are hooked on getting approval or hooked
1:07.0	on being in control, being the best.
1:10.3	It might be something at work where you're really looking for fame or attention.
1:16.1	It might be something to do with substances, to do with accumulating more money, more
1:24.8	possessions.
1:25.8	It might be something to do with your appearance.
1:32.6	It might be the overt behaviors, like gambling or shopping or sex, where there's an obsessiveness
1:41.4	around.
1:42.4	It's choosing one area.
1:56.6	And see if you can focus on a situation that illustrates that attachment that lets you
2:02.8	know you're hooked.
2:15.6	And for the sake of exploring and investigating, you might exaggerate so that you really feel
2:21.9	into the situation, how it is to really want what you're wanting, how much it matters
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