Three Blessings in Spiritual Life – Part 3: A Mirror
Tara Brach
Tara Brach
4.8 • 11.3K Ratings
🗓️ 18 August 2022
⏱️ 57 minutes
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Three Blessings in Spiritual Life – Part 3: A Mirror - This 3-part series explores three capacities we all have, that when cultivated, bring spiritual awakening and serve the healing of our world. Drawing on an ancient teaching story from India, we explore together the power of a forgiving heart, the inner fire that expresses as courage and dedication, and the inquiry of "who am I" that reveals our deepest nature.
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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. |
| 0:30.5 | Namaste, welcome friends. |
| 0:33.5 | As some know I've taken off a few weeks to be with family and I'm totally grateful for |
| 0:38.6 | the time and chose a three part series to share with you from the archives that I've always |
| 0:44.8 | loved. |
| 0:46.0 | It's a story based on the story of Nachikata which comes from the Upanishads and this |
| 0:51.1 | is the third of the series and of course if you missed the first or second they're available |
| 0:58.1 | to you on my website and on my podcast. |
| 1:01.9 | So in this talk we explore Nachikata's final gift, it was the mirror and how each of us |
| 1:09.5 | can really look deeply into who we are, into our own true nature. |
| 1:16.4 | I'm wishing you all blessings. |
| 1:18.7 | Enjoy. |
| 1:22.7 | Namaste and welcome. |
| 1:27.7 | There's a story in which there's a shipwreck and a three men end up being stranded on a desert |
| 1:35.1 | island and they manage to keep themselves alive for a couple of weeks but it's getting |
| 1:39.6 | really tough but their good fortune was they find one of those lamps that has a genie |
| 1:44.3 | that comes out and says well each one of you gets a wish. |
| 1:48.2 | So the first one says I want to see my wife and children and I want to be back home. |
| 1:52.9 | Vouch, he vanishes. |
| 1:55.7 | One says oh me too my dog, my work, send me back. |
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