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Realizing True Nature: A conversation with Hameed Ali and Tara Brach

Tara Brach

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The True Nature of Our Consciousness

"True nature is the true nature of our consciousness," he says. "It appears in many ways, not just one way and it takes us on many journeys." It can manifest as pure awareness, luminous, transparent, pure awareness that is spreading our consciousness or it can manifest as presence, pure presence. That also manifests as pure love. And so love and awareness are two sides of the same thing in that case,. But also manifests qualities that I call essential qualities of our true nature which are closer to the human consciousness like strength, courage, our fulfillment, peace - these are qualities true nature.

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