Evolving toward Unconditional Love

Tara Brach’s work has been an inspiring influence for many years. Here is a two part series on unconditional love.

This two part series explores the evolutionary conditioning of fear and judgment that contracts us away from love and acceptance, and the quality of mindful presence—in relating inwardly and in communicating with others—that awakens and frees our hearts.

Part 1

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Part 2

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Some of the posts on Beyond Meds with Tara’s work:

• A moment of calm — Tara Brach

• A blend of Buddhism and psychology

• There is nothing unique about our suffering. (Tonglen, a compassion practice)

• Awakening compassion, a guided meditation

• Vipassana (mindfulness) meditation

• Guided Meditation: “Letting Life Be As it Is”

• the light enters us where we’ve been wounded: radical acceptance

• listen to pain’s message and respond appropriately—taking good care (radical acceptance)

I found both the below book and guided meditations greatly inspiring. These are excellent introductory materials that can apply to anyone regardless of whether one is drawn to Buddhism. Tara Brach is also a psychologist and draws from her practices when sharing her thoughts in the book.

●  Radical Acceptance: Embracing Your Life With the Heart of a Buddha (paperback)

●  Radical Acceptance: Guided Meditations (audio CD)