Awakening Your Fearless Heart: Tara Brach on Facing Fear (Part 2)

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Namaste friends. Welcome. Uh this is part two of our uh two talks on facing fear. And I wanted to take a moment before our reflection together, a few comments from the vantage of 2025. Um, you've probably noticed when you're greeting friends, you might ask, "Well, how are you doing?" Given the world, there's this caveat. Given the world, or

maybe, I hope you're doing well in the midst of all this insanity. We have these kind of shared understandings that, wow, it is pretty intense out there. a very charged, unhealthy, threatening atmosphere we're all living in. One of the differences I've observed between those who are having a really hard time and those who feel fear but

have enough space for it. Those who are struggling have the perception of going it alone. In some way, they're feeling more isolated in the midst of our devolving world. I saw a cartoon some years ago of a woman in a mall and she's having a panic attack and she's saying, "Does anyone have a Xanax?" And the next frame she is

surrounded by a mob of willing strangers. Everybody's offering her their meds, you know, and you know, we're just we're not alone. Uh today's reflection uh primarily has to do with the inner ways of working with fear. But I've noticed that when I'm guiding groups, one of the most healing elements people talk about is the

recognition others are feeling this too. And here's the thing, fear feeds on the sense of our separation. And it loses its power when we feel belonging to something larger. So, as you explore this week, if you're struggling with fear, I invite you, if you have a trusted other that you haven't really talked to about whatever