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Greetings, friends. I'm going to be teaching a six-week course on conscious loving. It's

a little bit later this month. And as getting ready for it, I was inspired to share the following

talk with you. And it's entitled, From Reactivity to Re-Choosing Love. So that's today's

talk. And if after listening, you're interested in joining me for the course, which is

it's a program that's really dear to me, please check the homepage of my website tarbrock.com.

Okay, thank you. And now for the talk.

Namaste and welcome, friends. Today's talk is on relationships, learning to shift from

emotional reactivity to responding from a wise heart. And as part of this, we'll do two experiential

practices. But I thought I'd first start with an essay. I'm pretty sure some of you are going

to remember. And it's when I really love. If you can start the day without caffeine or pills,

if you're cheerful, ignoring aches and pains, if you can resist complaining and boring people with

your troubles, if you can understand when loved ones are too busy to give you time,

if you can overlook when people take things out on you, when through no fault of your something

goes wrong, if you can take criticism and blame without resentment, if you can face the world

without lies or deceit, if you can conquer tension without medical help, if you can relax without

liquor, if you can sleep without the aid of drugs, then you are probably a dog.

So this is entitled spiritual fitness. And I've always been drawn to it because as a dog person,

and many of you can relate, you know, our pop, she never reacts. We leave her home and are gone

for some hours. She doesn't blame us. She's excited to see us or she doesn't carry grudges,

you know, even when we're irritated. My dog's now elderly and sometimes pees on my favorite

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