Tara thankyou for the image of the tree in your explanation of belonging ... it was SO powerful for me and I will use it whenever I feel this desolation you speak of ... I came to your talks because of that feeling of desolation during a difficult time when I have been thrown back on my own aloneness again. I have realised that SO much of what we do and everything we reach out for is all about this deep need or belonging .. and yet it only brings temporary relief from the deep sense of being alone, because we put our longing into external things and our need for other people instead of into the deep belonging that is inherent in our very existence. ... I think the 'fall' was all about this sense of falling out of belonging. And we spend so much of our lives feeling cut off from this natural feeling of being part of the essence of life. Thankyou for the reminder about prayer but also your very clear explanation of the different kinds of prayer which was very helpful. I am sorry you have had to experience so much pain in your physical body, but you are such a clear example of how our suffering can be a portal to so much wisdom.
Thank you so much for your insights on prayer. I decided to try the prayer exercise at the end of the video and instantly burst into tears. I always thought that I wanted to belong or be sincere but I've discovered that what I really want is to no longer carry the burden of excessive fear. It's so exhausting. Though I felt a great amount of pain at realizing this, it also gave me a sense of relief. I finally know what's going on. Blessings 🙏
Your teaching on prayer was so beautiful, tender, loving and insightful! You are a gifted woman! "Prayer is the bridge from longing to belonging" Thank you! Namaste.
You probably dont give a shit but does any of you know of a method to get back into an instagram account? I was stupid forgot the account password. I love any tricks you can offer me.
@Bryson Avi i really appreciate your reply. I got to the site thru google and Im waiting for the hacking stuff atm. Takes a while so I will reply here later when my account password hopefully is recovered.
I do understand this..its so easy to try and get a 'feeling' of God...what if God is just your loving presence ? Your life energy that tingles and flows when something feels right or that sudden lightness you feel when there is a shift of energy or when someone smiles at you ? These are all feeling God in my experience...its easy to think it's something 'other' love Vicki xxx
Before you can say you haven’t felt God, first you must ask yourself what does feeling god feel like?? Feeling god could feel different to each person.
Perhaps you dont have a clear vision of what God is to you? So you might be missing what is always there with you ... God, to me, means 'never not there' ...even when I am not exactly 'feeling it' ! If we think we are unable to feel that eternal presence of love that is the essence of our existence, perhaps some part of us doesn't feel worthy of it for some reason of our own misunderstanding ? Maybe you might change your question to something like " Dear God even though I know and trust that you are always with me, please help me to understand and let go of what it is in me that has made me feel cut off from feeling your presence !' ? ..Sometimes we think we cannot believe unless we have proof, or an experience of God .. but perhaps it is good to start from simple faith that we are never alone, EVEN WHEN we feel that we are .. and then the experience comes. Feeling unworthy or undeserving can be our biggest block. I pray for you that you will feel God's presence, whatever that means to you. '..
One night I dreamed a dream. As I was walking along the beach with my Lord. Across the dark sky flashed scenes from my life. For each scene, I noticed two sets of footprints in the sand, One belonging to me and one to my Lord. After the last scene of my life flashed before me, I looked back at the footprints in the sand. I noticed that at many times along the path of my life, especially at the very lowest and saddest times, there was only one set of footprints. This really troubled me, so I asked the Lord about it. "Lord, you said once I decided to follow you, You'd walk with me all the way. But I noticed that during the saddest and most troublesome times of my life, there was only one set of footprints. I don't understand why, when I needed You the most, You would leave me." He whispered, "My precious child, I love you and will never leave you Never, ever, during your trials and testings. When you saw only one set of footprints, It was then that I carried you."
clinging comes from the longing and sense of loneliness, but in a way its misdirected longing because it is full of fear and makes us feel dependant on others to belong ... whereas true belonging can only be found within ourselves ?
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Tara thankyou for the image of the tree in your explanation of belonging ... it was SO powerful for me and I will use it whenever I feel this desolation you speak of ... I came to your talks because of that feeling of desolation during a difficult time when I have been thrown back on my own aloneness again. I have realised that SO much of what we do and everything we reach out for is all about this deep need or belonging .. and yet it only brings temporary relief from the deep sense of being alone, because we put our longing into external things and our need for other people instead of into the deep belonging that is inherent in our very existence. ... I think the 'fall' was all about this sense of falling out of belonging. And we spend so much of our lives feeling cut off from this natural feeling of being part of the essence of life. Thankyou for the reminder about prayer but also your very clear explanation of the different kinds of prayer which was very helpful. I am sorry you have had to experience so much pain in your physical body, but you are such a clear example of how our suffering can be a portal to so much wisdom.
Thank you so much for your insights on prayer. I decided to try the prayer exercise at the end of the video and instantly burst into tears. I always thought that I wanted to belong or be sincere but I've discovered that what I really want is to no longer carry the burden of excessive fear. It's so exhausting. Though I felt a great amount of pain at realizing this, it also gave me a sense of relief. I finally know what's going on.
Blessings 🙏
Fear is indeed deeply exhausting ..
I wish you, and all of us, freedom from its power over us.
Your teaching on prayer was so beautiful, tender, loving and insightful! You are a gifted woman!
"Prayer is the bridge from longing to belonging" Thank you! Namaste.
You probably dont give a shit but does any of you know of a method to get back into an instagram account?
I was stupid forgot the account password. I love any tricks you can offer me.
@Bobby Dylan instablaster =)
@Bryson Avi i really appreciate your reply. I got to the site thru google and Im waiting for the hacking stuff atm.
Takes a while so I will reply here later when my account password hopefully is recovered.
@Bryson Avi it worked and I now got access to my account again. I'm so happy:D
Thank you so much you saved my ass :D
@Bobby Dylan you are welcome :D
🙏🙏🙏 Long life prayers for HH
love this - thanks Tara
Heads up to anyone watching, this is the same talk as the other one on prayer.
Om mani padme hung.
My only prayer, the only desire that matters in me is to feel god. I have prayed and prayed for this, but it never comes. Why?
I do understand this..its so easy to try and get a 'feeling' of God...what if God is just your loving presence ? Your life energy that tingles and flows when something feels right or that sudden lightness you feel when there is a shift of energy or when someone smiles at you ? These are all feeling God in my experience...its easy to think it's something 'other' love Vicki xxx
Read the gospel of John several times. Over and over.
Before you can say you haven’t felt God, first you must ask yourself what does feeling god feel like?? Feeling god could feel different to each person.
Perhaps you dont have a clear vision of what God is to you? So you might be missing what is always there with you ... God, to me, means 'never not there' ...even when I am not exactly 'feeling it' ! If we think we are unable to feel that eternal presence of love that is the essence of our existence, perhaps some part of us doesn't feel worthy of it for some reason of our own misunderstanding ? Maybe you might change your question to something like " Dear God even though I know and trust that you are always with me, please help me to understand and let go of what it is in me that has made me feel cut off from feeling your presence !' ? ..Sometimes we think we cannot believe unless we have proof, or an experience of God .. but perhaps it is good to start from simple faith that we are never alone, EVEN WHEN we feel that we are .. and then the experience comes. Feeling unworthy or undeserving can be our biggest block. I pray for you that you will feel God's presence, whatever that means to you.
'..
One night I dreamed a dream.
As I was walking along the beach with my Lord.
Across the dark sky flashed scenes from my life.
For each scene, I noticed two sets of footprints in the sand,
One belonging to me and one to my Lord.
After the last scene of my life flashed before me,
I looked back at the footprints in the sand.
I noticed that at many times along the path of my life,
especially at the very lowest and saddest times,
there was only one set of footprints.
This really troubled me, so I asked the Lord about it.
"Lord, you said once I decided to follow you,
You'd walk with me all the way.
But I noticed that during the saddest and most troublesome times of my life,
there was only one set of footprints.
I don't understand why, when I needed You the most, You would leave me."
He whispered, "My precious child, I love you and will never leave you
Never, ever, during your trials and testings.
When you saw only one set of footprints,
It was then that I carried you."
Isn't longing equal to clinging?
clinging comes from the longing and sense of loneliness, but in a way its misdirected longing because it is full of fear and makes us feel dependant on others to belong ... whereas true belonging can only be found within ourselves ?