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Tara Brach on the Pathway from Head to Heart

By Tara Brach · Tara Brach

62mReleased 21 Aug 2025Presence, Awareness
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Tara Brach traces the move from the looping of fear-driven thought to what she calls open-hearted presence. The talk names three pathways—returning to presence, awakening the heart, and resting in awareness—and treats thoughts as real but not necessarily true.

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If we are suffering, we are believing an interpretation of reality that is limiting and untrue. At these times we are imprisoned in a painful looping of fear-driven thoughts and feelings. This talk explores the ways our practices of mindfulness, compassion and loving presence can guide us from addictive thinking to perceiving life with a wise heart. In this talk, Tara explores: how fear-based thoughts create suffering and keep us locked in cycles of insecurity and separation. * the pathway of moving from the prison of looping thoughts to the freedom of open-hearted presence. * Ihow recognizing thoughts as "real but not true" opens the door to compassion and release. * three pathways—returning to presence, awakening the heart, and resting in awareness—that guide us from head to heart. * how mindfulness and loving awareness reconnect us with our wholeness and the joy of simply being. The post From Head to Heart appeared first on Tara Brach .

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