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How to Fight Racism Through Inner Work

By Jil Suttie — 2019

Rhonda Magee explains how mindfulness-based awareness and compassion is key to racial justice work.

Read on greatergood.berkeley.edu

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How Lojong Awakens Your Heart

Pema Chödrön’s commentary on Atisha’s famed mind-training slogans that utilize our difficulties and problems to awaken the heart.

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‘I Realized I Don’t Have to Believe My Thoughts’

Our mindfulness practice is not about vanquishing our thoughts. It’s about becoming aware of the process of thinking so that we are not in a trance—lost inside our thoughts.

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Reaching Out for Compassion

At a weekend workshop I led, one of the participants, Marian, shared her story about the shame and guilt that had tortured her.

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Attention: The Most Basic Form of Love

By paying attention, we let ourselves be touched by life, and our hearts naturally become more open and engaged.

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Tara Brach’s Non-Radical Approach to ‘Radical Compassion’

Through the acronym RAIN (Recognize-Allow-Investigate-Nurture) we can awaken the qualities of mature compassion—an embodied, mindful presence, active caring, and an all-inclusive heart.

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How Meditation Changes Your Brain—and Your Life

When neuroscientists tested expert meditators, they discovered something surprising: The effect of Buddhist meditation isn’t just momentary; it can alter deep-seated traits in our brain patterns and character.

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Racial Healing