Meditation: Seeing The Goodness

When we focus on what we appreciate in others, our very attention helps allow that person to shine. We explore waking up to heart space, to seeing that secret beauty, learning to stay with what's difficult, finding that tender space of compassion and learning to see the goodness.

Transcript

The following meditation is led by Tara Brach.

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So tonight on this solstice night we're really exploring waking up to heart-space,

To seeing that secret beauty,

Learning to stay with what's difficult and finding that tender space of compassion and learning to see the goodness.

We'll do a very short practice again now on seeing the goodness.

If you will just come sitting in a way that allows you to deepen your attention.

As you come into stillness take a moment to let go of any tension you're aware of in your body.

You might soften the shoulders.

Relax and soften the hands.

Loosen and soften in the belly.

Just take a nice full breath.

Bringing to your attention someone who is easy to love.

To be a child or a pet,

A friend or a parent,

A spiritual figure,

Teacher,

Colleague,

Somebody who is easy just to feel and sense the goodness.

Be aware of what it is that brings up your sense of appreciation,

The gleam in the person's eyes or the way they show love to you,

Brightness,

Beauty,

Humor,

Aliveness.

Just imagine yourself expressing your love and your appreciation and that other person receiving that.

And as you feel that and sense that,

Sensing that person's secret beauty and your own secret beauty,

That loving heart,

That appreciative heart that's right inside you,

Sense that heart-space widening to include others so that in the next few moments whoever comes to mind just sense your glimpsing secret beauty.

The light that shines through being's eyes,

The warmth,

The glow of the heart,

The look of aliveness when someone is happy,

Their mischievousness,

Their humor,

That basic sentence.

Again,

Thomas Merton.

And it was as if I suddenly saw the secret beauty of their hearts,

The depth of their hearts where neither sin nor knowledge could reach,

The core of reality,

The person that each one is in the eyes of the divine.

If only they could see themselves as they really are.

If only we could see each other that way all the time.

There would be no more need for war,

For hatred,

For greed,

For cruelty.

I suppose the big problem would be that we would fall down and worship each other.

Losing by simply feeling the heart-space that is attuned to that secret beauty and an expression of that secret beauty.

May our lives be lived from that heart-space.

May all beings trust and realize loving presence.

May all beings touch great and natural peace.

May all beings be happy.

May all beings be free.

Namaste.

Reviews

Tara gets to the core of the teaching with a calmness and heartfelt tenor in voice and way leading.

One of my all time Tara tracks that had gotten lost from my mind no matter how much I looked for it. That Thomas Merton passage at the end is a revelation I've been trying to search and I'm so elatedl that I found it today.

Very different way to get to the good space. Thank you 🙏🏻

That touched my soul. “Our problem may be that we would all fall down and worship each other.” I hope for this one day. Thank you. 🙏🏽

What a wonderful message and exercise; it begins and ends properly, was very reassuring and I will definitely come back to it. Thank you, Tara (great name!) for sharing it 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

Beautiful/ - tou really captured the essence of the pure human heart, thank you 🙏🩷

Absolutely thoughts I will attempt to carry with me today. Thanks

Beautiful practice. Had me smiling throughout and feeling Gratitude in every part of my body for the wonderful people in my life.

I am so grateful to follow the incredible Tara Brach here on Insight Timer. A beloved Psychologist in Rhode Island encouraged me to learn about RAIN and the practice of Radical Acceptance. My heart aches and slowly through the practice of meditation and acceptance, I have begun to heal. Thank you. 🙏🏼💕

Beautiful I’ve listened to this for the past 3 days, so powerful. Thank you

Doing this today made laughter bubble up in me. People and situations floated to mind that gave me such delight. A good moment, and reminder, to give space to focus on good things. Thank you.

Always feel centered and at ease after Tara’s guided meditations.

I absolutely loved this meditation! It was short but very powerful 🩷 Thank you so much for sharing!

Always feel like I have come home when I listen to Tara Brach 🙏

May All Beings Be Happy
Be Healthy
Be Safe
May All Beings Be Loved
Namaste 🙏🏼

Thanks, Tara! After all these years hearing about your work, it’s been heart-warming to hear you on IT. Thanks for this practice!
Namaste,
Donna

Powerful! Thank You!
I’m surprised how this short message is resonating with me. So appreciate you sharing this, Tara ❤️

Lovely short practice, such a calming voice and beautiful presence ❤️

Tara Brach's teachings and meditations are super helpful to me at this moment in my life, as I work within difficult family dynamics to help us siblings come together in caring for my elderly parents in their last months.

This was a new way of remembering that I have a sacred center, and that my friend expresses his sacred center through his presence and his writing and his spiritual direction. Thank you, Tara.