Tara Brach The Liberating Power of Conscious Intention 2
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Dec 10, 2025 Discover how conscious intention can reshape your life. Explore the contrast between fear-based and healing intentions, using mindfulness to examine your daily interactions. Learn practical techniques, like RAIN, to address harmful patterns and cultivate compassion. Understand the difference between true intentions and ego-driven desires. Reflect on mortality to prioritize meaningful presence now. Finally, embrace the power of intention as your heart's guiding compass, enhancing your connection to what truly matters.
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Intention As A Heart Compass
- Intention acts as a compass that brings us back to what matters and shapes our experience.
- Tara Brach explains that consciously setting intention creates a gravitational pull toward presence and healing.
Scan Interactions To Reveal Intentions
- Scan recent interactions and work to notice whether your intention was toward presence or driven by fear and craving.
- Use this mindful noticing without judgment to gain choice and shift habitual patterns.
Pre-Imagine Situations To Strengthen Intention
- Set intentions broadly for the day and specifically for challenging situations to rehearse how you'll respond.
- Imagine the situation to strengthen neural pathways and increase the chance of acting from that intention.