True Refuge

[stacheman101]

True Refuge: Finding Peace & Freedom in Your Own Awakened Heart is a great book. It's by Tara Brach, who's a well-respected and well-known teacher here in the States. She's the founder and director of the Insight Meditation Community of Washington, DC.

What I really like about Tara's teachings, both in this book and her previous book Radical Acceptance, is their embrace of traditional as well as more modern means of awakening: she offers vipassana meditation practices along with compassionate, astute psychological components which enhance, rather than take away from, the journey to seeing through the "small self." That combination, along with Tara's emphasis on kindness, has been very healing for me.

I also love her teachings on R.A.I.N, or Recognize, Accept, Investigate and Non-Identification. Just today I re-re-re-read the steps in RAIN (the steps are simple, but I gain a deeper understanding of them each time I review them), which allow one to take pauses throughout the day -- essential, at least to me -- and work with whatever emotional reactivities may be arising at the moment.

Here's a link to RAIN:
http://www.tarabrach.com/articles/RAIN-WorkingWithDifficulties.html

Thought I'd share info about this book with you.

Jeff

[JonW]

Thanks Jeff. I'll check that out. I regularly meditate to Tara.
All best, Jon

[BioSattva]

Thanks Jeff. I'll check that out. I regularly meditate to Tara.
All best, Jon

Hilarious!

Sounds like an interesting approach though.

[GianKarlo]

True Refuge is a magnificent work of heart.