Tara Brach Equanimity - Part 4 of Present Heart: The Universal Expressions of Love
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Mar 6, 2025 Explore the essence of equanimity as a balancing force in relationships and daily life. Discover how spacious awareness can free us from reactivity and enhance our capacity for love. Learn to navigate emotional waves, using the ocean metaphor to cultivate presence amid challenges. Delve into the shadow of equanimity, distinguishing true engagement from indifference. Engage with practical reflections and guided meditations, fostering a heart ready for anything and an expanded sense of compassion.
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Equanimity As Spacious Freedom
- Equanimity is a spacious awareness that allows life to be as it is while holding difficulty with care.
- Tara Brach says this balanced openness is the ground for true freedom and mature love.
Equanimity Matures Other Heart Qualities
- Without equanimity love contracts into attachment and compassion into pity.
- Tara Brach notes equanimity matures the other heart qualities and prevents their contraction.
Kafka And The Traveling Doll
- Kafka wrote notes from a lost doll to comfort a child and later returned a changed doll.
- The final note read: 'You will lose everyone you love but the love will always return in new forms.'
