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Apr 2023
1h 17m

Realizing True Nature: A conversation wi...

TARA BRACH
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Realizing True Nature: A conversation with Hameed Ali and Tara Brach - Hameed Ali is an author, spiritual teacher and founder of the Diamond Approach to Self-Realization. In this interview we explore ways of approaching awakening to who we are, and look at the importance of befriending the experience of separate self, and actively investigating the blocks - our contracted sense of identity - that obscure the goodness and love of our true nature. Our time weaves in the inspiration of Hameed's most recent book, Nondual Love, (his pen name A.H. Almaas is listed as author.)

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