How Hope Can Heal and Free Us – Part 1

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🗓️ 28 June 2019

⏱️ 45 minutes

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How Hope Can Heal and Free Us – Part 1 - The mature expression of hope includes three elements: the aspiration for manifesting our full potential, a trust that this is possible, and an energy that engages to serve this unfolding. In this talk, we explore the importance of hope on the spiritual path, its shadow side, and how we can nourish hope through these three elements in a way that serves inner freedom and the healing of our world (a special talk from the archives).

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0:00.0	Greetings.
0:04.4	We offer these podcasts freely and your support really makes a difference.
0:09.6	To make a donation, please visit tarbrock.com.
0:19.1	We're going to be reflecting tonight on the role of hope, the role of hope on the spiritual
0:33.6	path.
0:34.6	And by that I mean really the trust in our unfolding lives, the trust in this living world.
0:42.4	And I'd like to begin that with a classic story of a big tough samurai who once went
0:52.2	to see a very little monk.
0:55.2	And he said in a voice that was accustomed to being a babe.
0:59.5	He said, teach me about heaven and hell.
1:03.4	And the little monk looked up at the mighty warrior and he looked at him with utter
1:09.2	disdain.
1:10.2	And they said, teach you about heaven and hell.
1:13.8	I couldn't teach you about anything.
1:15.1	You're dirty.
1:16.1	You smell.
1:17.1	Your blade's rusty.
1:18.1	You're disgrace and embarrassment to the samurai class.
1:21.5	Get out of my sight.
1:22.5	I can't stand you.
1:24.7	So the samurai is completely furious and he gets all red in the face and he pulls out
1:29.8	his sword.
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