logo
episode-header-image
Sep 2023
53m 57s

Awakening from the Trance of Self-Center...

TARA BRACH
About this episode

Awakening from the Trance of Self-Centeredness - At the core of our suffering is our universal human predicament: an illusion that we are a separate self. This talk explores how this identification as a self obscures our belonging to loving awareness, and offers a powerful set of practices that shine a light on self-centeredness and relaxes its grip.

Up next
Yesterday
Meditation: Embodied Awareness (18 min.)
This guided meditation includes a full body scan, and the recognition of the formless awareness that includes and is the source of all experience. By recognizing that awareness we discover the silence and stillness that is the ground of all experience. Our introduction music is f ... Show More
18m 2s
Mar 5
The Power of Inquiry in Spiritual Awakening - Part 1
Part I - In spiritual life, inquiry arises from our deep yearning to understand reality, and it involves bringing an interested, engaged attention to our immediate experience. These two talks explore how inquiry serves emotional healing by focusing on difficult "stuck" places, ho ... Show More
56m 26s
Mar 4
Meditation: Inhabiting Awake Awareness (21:49)
This meditation begins with collecting attention with the breath, and awakens us to the experience of aliveness and inner space by scanning the body. We then open to receive all the senses in awake awareness, and to inhabiting that boundless receptive awareness that is our home. ... Show More
21m 49s
Recommended Episodes
Jul 2025
INNER REVOLUTION: 1 - Awakening
tail spinning
38m 9s
Oct 2025
Essential Teachings Special: Real Change Begins with Our State of Consciousness
<p>Eckhart says the most important things we can do is transform our state of consciousness, realize our connection to the source and let go of our self-imposed limitations. He compares the transcendent realm to the sun. We are like a ray from that source, shining into this world ... Show More
31m 10s
Feb 2025
Inner Work 230: What does it mean to spiritually awaken?
What does it really mean to have a spiritual awakening? To wake up from the dream (or nightmare) of the 3D illusion?  Join me for this episode of INNER WORK where we'll discuss and answer these questions: what does it mean to spiritually awaken? what does the spiritual awakening ... Show More
32m 10s
Sep 2024
Mike Dooley The Great Awakening
<p>Mike Dooley is a New York Times bestselling author, speaker, and entrepreneur in the philosophical New Thought movement. His teachings contain the premise that our "thoughts become things," an expression he made popular in Rhonda Byrne's book and video documentary on the Law o ... Show More
1h 7m
Aug 2025
Spiritual Awakening Changed Lee Harris’ Life & How We Can All Connect to Higher Consciousness
Psychic Channeler Lee Harris Reveals What Spirit Guides Say About Our Energy & Humanity's Future What if everything you thought you knew about intuition, love, death, and consciousness is only scratching the surface? In this energy update filled with spiritual awakening, channeli ... Show More
1h 16m
Aug 2025
INNER REVOLUTION: 6 - Loneliness after awakening
This is episode 6 of INNER REVOLUTION - a podcast series where we walk through the fire of inner transformation and awakening together. The purpose of this series is to help you shed ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING that isn't a true reflection of Who You Really Are, so you can fully embo ... Show More
34m 6s
Sep 2025
The Eightfold Path, Part 1: The Path to Freedom
This talk explores how the Buddha's Eightfold Path offers a clear, practical guide to living with greater wisdom, compassion, and inner freedom in everyday life. We'll look at how each step on the path supports both personal transformation and the well-being of others. Wise View, ... Show More
30m 21s
Feb 2025
Episode 74: André Duqum
This discussion with André Duqum from the 'Know Thyself' podcast delves deeply into non-duality, different types of meditation, and the essence of our true nature. Rupert also offers practical guidance on how we can cultivate a deeper connection to our true self by challenging ha ... Show More
2h 27m