The Revolution of Tenderness - Part 1

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🗓️ 5 June 2025

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

This two-talk series explores our capacity to be tender – sensitive and responsive to ourselves and others. This capacity marks a radical evolutionary shift from a self-centered existence shaped by fear, to a life lived from the realization of our collective belonging and the preciousness of all life. The talks examine the conditioning that inclines us toward dissociation and emotional reactivity, and the practices of presence that evolve our heart and awareness.

~ from the talk: Pope Francis invites us to “live the revolution of tenderness,” which is expressed through closeness, compassion and service…

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0:00.0	Greetings. We offer these podcasts freely and your support really makes a difference.
0:06.0	To make a donation, please visit tarabrock.com. Namaste. Welcome, friends.
0:30.5	I was talking with a dear friend, a poet Jane Hirshfield, recently, and we're talking
0:37.2	about the qualities of
0:38.7	hardened awareness that are really most needed in these times. And one that we both felt was right
0:45.8	at the center was tenderness. And you can find her really beautiful reflections on Substack.
0:57.0	And as we were talking, I was reminded of the phrase, the revolution of tenderness. It was spoken by Pope Francis. And I used that as the title
1:06.0	for two talks from my archives. And those are what I want to share with you for this week and next week.
1:13.3	So Pope Francis delivered a TED talk. He was the first Catholic Pope to do so. It was in
1:19.1	2017 and it was during a conference on technology and innovation. It was attended by founders
1:26.5	of all the world's biggest tech companies and venture
1:30.6	capitalists and leaders of major cultural institutions and foundations. So it was quite a gathering.
1:37.3	He started by saying, how wonderful would it be if the growth of scientific and technological innovation would come
1:47.6	along with more equality and social inclusion? And then he went on to ask the powerful for a revolution
1:57.8	for a revolution of tenderness. He said this, tendenderness is not weakness. It is fortitude.
2:04.2	It is the path of solidarity, the path of humility. Please allow me to say it loud and clear.
2:11.8	The more powerful you are, the more your actions will have an impact on people, the more
2:17.2	responsible you are to act humbly.
2:20.3	If you don't, your power will ruin you and you will ruin the other.
2:26.3	May there be a revolution of tenderness.
2:31.3	As with many themes, these talks feel only more relevant in our contemporary culture.
2:40.8	So this week we'll be looking at the ways we leave presence, leave our heart, we block our
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