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Aug 2023
52m 53s

Part 2: Rewiring for Happiness and Freed...

TARA BRACH
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Part 2: Rewiring for Happiness and Freedom - The Buddha said, "I would not be teaching this (a path of awakening) if genuine happiness and freedom were not possible." While this is our potential, we each have deep conditioning to get stuck in feelings of fear, deficiency and separation from others. These talks explore the two interdependent pathways of undoing the conditioning that blocks our potential. In Part I we will look at how we can intentionally arouse states of well-being, and with practice, develop them into ongoing traits that bring presence and joy to our lives. In Part II, we will investigate how to cultivate an unconditional presence, and the radical acceptance and love, that are the grounds of true happiness and inner freedom.

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