Relaxing the Over-Controller - Part 1 (2017-04-26)

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🗓️ 28 April 2017

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Relaxing the Over-Controller - Part 1 (2017-04-26) - We all have conditioning to do what we can to protect and promote our wellbeing. Our suffering arises to the degree that our life and identity become organized around controlling our experience. These two talks look at the emergence of the fear based “over-controller," and explore a wise way of witnessing the suffering that comes with over-controlling, and awareness practices that naturally relax and awaken us to our whole and natural Being.

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0:00.0	Greetings.
0:05.5	We offer these podcasts freely and your support really makes a difference.
0:10.7	To make a donation, please visit tarbrock.com.
0:26.0	Namaste and welcome.
0:28.8	Some years ago, a friend told me about an interfaith conference and it was quite diverse
0:34.7	group of people and they began the conference with a gathering that wanted to side on some
0:43.2	language and the particular question is how do we collectively refer to really the
0:50.4	divine or what it is that all human hearts most deeply cherish.
0:55.7	What's the language for that going to be?
0:58.6	The first person said, well, shall we call it God?
1:01.6	A female wick and said, ah, no way.
1:07.2	What about goddess?
1:08.2	A Baptist minister kind of thumbs down that one and then how about spirit atheists kind
1:15.8	of shook their head and went on and on for a while.
1:19.0	Finally, it was a Native American who suggested how about the great mystery and everybody agreed.
1:28.6	They all agreed each present sensed the mystery behind any spiritual or religious idea.
1:37.4	And I'm wondering for you listening right now, how many find that resonant, just that word
1:43.7	mystery is kind of, yeah, well, yeah.
1:48.4	I do, I do.
1:50.4	I mean, really, when we start asking the real questions, you know, like what is love or
1:57.9	how did this universe get created and these black holes that are everywhere or the new spring
2:05.2	leaves that were beholding or that vacancy when a loved one has gone, you know, it's like,
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