The Power of Inquiry in Spiritual Awakening - Part 1

Tara Brach

Buddhism, Religion & Spirituality, Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.8 • 11.3K Ratings

🗓️ 5 March 2026

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

Part I - In spiritual life, inquiry arises from our deep yearning to understand reality, and it involves bringing an interested, engaged attention to our immediate experience. These two talks explore how inquiry serves emotional healing by focusing on difficult "stuck" places, how inquiry enables us to become more intimate and understanding of others, and in the deepest way, how inquiry can reveal the deepest truth of what we are…our true nature. The talks include several guided reflections that can enrich your meditation practice and serve spiritual awakening.

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0:00.0	Welcome, friends, to the Tara Brock podcast. I'm so glad you're here.
0:11.3	Each week, I share teachings and guided meditations to help us awaken our hearts and bring healing
0:17.8	to our world.
0:24.4	You can learn more or support this offering by visiting tarabrock.com,
0:27.1	where you can also join our email list.
0:32.5	Now, let's explore together
0:34.7	the many ways we can live
0:36.7	from the love and presence that's our deepest
0:40.1	essence.
0:47.6	Namaste, welcome. Thank you for being here, friends. So this will age me a bit, but back in the day
1:17.9	when phones were answered sometimes by answering machines, I had a friend and if you called
1:25.3	her, the message on the machine you'd get was this.
1:29.3	It would say, what I want to know is, who are you?
1:34.3	And what do you really want?
1:37.3	I thought it was so wonderful.
1:41.3	It stock me in my tracks every time.
1:45.0	And if we actually take time with those questions,
1:50.0	who are you and what do you really want?
1:54.0	They're a gateway to freedom.
1:57.0	So in our everyday trance, we have questions going on in our mind, but they're usually
2:02.5	fear-driven.
2:04.5	They're trying to solve a problem.
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