The Four Remembrances (2020-09-16)

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🗓️ 18 September 2020

⏱️ 51 minutes

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The Four Remembrances (2020-09-16) - When we attune to the reality of impermanence and death, we remember what most matters to us. But in daily life we can lose precious swaths of time in a reactive trance, on our way somewhere else, and lost in problem solving, judgment and worry. This talk reflects on four remembrances or practices—Pausing, Yes to life, Turning toward love, and Resting in awareness—that help us awaken from trance and live true to the loving presence that is our essence.

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0:00.0	Greetings.
0:03.0	We offer these podcasts freely and your support really makes a difference.
0:08.2	To make a donation, please visit tarbrock.com.
0:25.3	Welcome.
0:28.1	When I was in college, many, many, many, many decades ago, I read the series of books that
0:35.6	were written by Carlos Castanjada about the Shaman Don Juan, and I know many of you are
0:42.1	familiar with them, and had many takeaways, but perhaps the most memorable was built into
0:51.4	this little quote right here.
0:55.5	The Shaman Don Juan's teaching, how can anyone feel so important when we know that death is
1:02.9	stalking us?
1:04.6	The thing to do when you're impatient is to turn to your left and ask advice from your
1:09.7	death.
1:11.4	An immense amount of pettiness is dropped if your death makes a gesture to you, or if you
1:17.6	catch a glimpse of it, or if you just have the feeling that your companion is there watching
1:23.5	you, an immense amount of pettiness is dropped if your death makes a gesture to you.
1:33.3	So this notion of death as an advisor is one that really actually goes through many,
1:39.5	many spiritual traditions.
1:41.0	It's the wisdom of impermanence.
1:44.1	And when we open to remembering the truth that this life is a flash, it's coming and going,
1:51.6	our perspective shifts in a very dramatic and usually very, very wholesome way.
1:57.9	All pettiness falls away.
2:01.1	And I was reminded of this recently.
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