Cultivating a Courageous Heart – Part 1
Tara Brach

Cultivating a Courageous Heart – Part 1

B2Upper-intermediateOctober 15, 202649 min
  • Relationships & psychology

How do we keep our hearts open when our world is filled with fear, anger, uncertainty and division? In Part 1 of Cultivating a Courageous Heart, we explore how mindfulness and compassion can help us meet difficult times without becoming imprisoned by reactivity. Courage, at its deepest, is a greatness of heart—the willingness to stay present with vulnerability and respond to life from wisdom and love. When we encounter violence, suffering or injustice, anger and fear are natural. Yet the pathway toward genuine compassion is not to bypass these feelings or force ourselves to forgive. It...

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Welcome, friends, to the Tara Brock Podcast. I'm so glad you're here. Each week I share teachings and guided meditations to help us awaken our hearts and bring healing to our world. You can learn more or support this offering by visiting TaraBrock.com, where And you can also join our email list.

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Now let's explore together the many ways we can live from the love and presence that's our deepest essence. Namaste. Namaste. Welcome, friends. There is a well-known quote attributed to Einstein that no problem

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solve from the same level of consciousness that creates it. And our species becomes destructive when we are driven by aggression, by greed, by fear, when consciousness is dominated by our limbic systems as it is in this current era of strong men leaders and this mad race to to AI dominance and the unfathomable cruelty to humans and other species. If there is not

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