Tara Brach
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
He said, there's two unwavering principles that guide our community.
And he said, one, everyone is unshakably good.
No exceptions.
And the other is, we belong to each other.
No exceptions.
And then he said, now, do I think all our vexing and complex social dilemmas would disappear if we embrace these two notions?
Yeah, I do.
I do.
And, you know, because if we really know our belonging, if we sense that there's one spirit underlying us,
we're naturally going to respond for the greater good.
So you ask, do I ever turn away?
Absolutely turn towards other parts of life.
And to keep remembering that those that are more vulnerable than I am are part of me.
And it makes a difference.
It doesn't feel good.
We can't truly be at home because we're living in, I call it a trance.
It's a sliver of reality.
We're not occupying the wholeness of who we are.
And the wholeness of who we are means that we really get that we don't exist separately.
It's an illusion.