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Mar 2024
46m 5s

Navigating the Dark Ages

TARA BRACH
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How do we process and respond to increasing societal oppression and violence? What helps us transform the energies of fear, hatred and delusion? This talk offers ways we can draw on our spiritual path to steady our heart and engage with presence, wisdom and care.

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