The RAIN of Forgiveness

Tara Brach

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🗓️ 9 February 2023

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

The RAIN of Forgiveness - The capacity to release the armoring of hatred and blame is intrinsic to our evolving consciousness. This talk explores the process of authentic forgiveness, and how we can use the mindfulness-based tool of RAIN to heal and free our hearts.

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0:00.0	Greetings.
0:03.6	We offer these podcasts freely and your support really makes a difference.
0:08.7	To make a donation, please visit tarbrock.com.
0:13.6	Namaste.
0:30.7	The Tibetan teacher, Alan Wallace writes this.
0:34.6	He says, imagine walking along a sidewalk with your arms full of groceries and someone roughly
0:40.4	bumps into you so you fall and your groceries are all strewn all over the ground.
0:45.0	As you rise up from the puddle of broken eggs and tomato juice, you're ready to shout
0:50.1	out, you idiot, what's wrong with you?
0:52.1	Are you blind?
0:53.8	But just before you can catch your breath to speak, you see that the person who bumped into
0:59.4	you is actually blind.
1:01.2	And he too is sprawled in the spilled groceries and your anger vanishes in an instant to be
1:07.0	replaced by sympathetic concern.
1:09.9	Are you hurt?
1:11.5	Can I help you?
1:13.5	Can I help you out?
1:18.4	So this really is our situation in life that when we are in a moment of blame or more
1:32.4	expanded hatred, the aperture of our awareness is narrowed.
1:40.8	We're coming from ignorance, meaning we're ignoring some of the truth.
1:46.4	We're not seeing the whole picture in some way.
1:49.4	So we're operating from a more primitive or reactive part of our brain and being and
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