Shame, Healing and Transformation (2020-07-01)

Tara Brach

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🗓️ 3 July 2020

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Shame, Healing and Transformation (2020-07-01) - Being at war with ourselves blocks us from evolving our consciousness and living from our hearts. This talk distinguishes between toxic and healthy shame, as well as shame about our individual self and our group identity. We explore how, with self-compassion and courageous honesty, we can respond to negative, painful feelings about ourselves in a way that serves awakening and alignment with our deepest values.

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0:00.0	Greetings.
0:03.2	We offer these podcasts freely and your support really makes a difference.
0:08.3	To make a donation, please visit tarbrock.com.
0:25.2	Namaste and welcome.
0:29.9	In times of stress in our life, whatever the level, there is a tendency to turn against
0:37.0	ourselves.
0:38.6	We withdraw, we also lash out at others, but in some way we get smaller, we contract.
0:43.9	I have a favorite little essay, some of you might remember.
0:48.7	This is an abbreviated version that if you can sit quietly after difficult news, if you
0:54.3	can during financial downturns remain perfectly calm.
0:58.2	If you can see your neighbors travel and have fantastic adventures without a twinge of
1:03.8	jealousy, if you can happily eat whatever is put on your plate and fall asleep after
1:10.8	day of running around without a drink or a pill, if you can always find contentment just
1:17.6	where you are, you are probably a dog.
1:24.0	So, some of you can sense why I like that so much.
1:28.0	It's so true.
1:29.0	We are so reactive when we get stressful and we have our repertoire of how we react.
1:35.7	And this is where we'll be going more with this talk.
1:41.0	Stress, adversity, loss, they also can lead us to tapping our deepest resources to not
1:50.4	only adapting but really transforming in a profound way.
1:56.6	And this week what I'd like to do is focus on a key domain that shuts down that capacity
2:03.9	to transform, that shuts down that capacity to awaken and how by addressing it we really
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