Meditation: RAIN on Self-Blame (2019-04-17)

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🗓️ 23 May 2019

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Meditation: RAIN on Self-Blame (2019-04-17) - One of the greatest roots of suffering is being at war with ourselves. This meditation, based on the acronym RAIN (recognize-allow-investigate-nurture), guides us in releasing the armoring of blame, and relating to our inner life with greater understanding and compassion.

For more resources on RAIN:
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0:00.0	The following meditation is led by Tara Brock.
0:07.4	To access more of my meditations or join my email list, please visit TaraBrock.com.
0:30.0	This is a brief reflection on bringing rain, the mindfulness and compassion of rain to
0:52.1	self-blame.
0:53.1	A way to begin is to scan your life.
0:57.7	You scan today, scan the last few days perhaps.
1:04.9	And notice where you have felt caught in some form of blame, where you have been anxious
1:10.8	about non-perfection.
1:18.0	It might be to do with falling short at work, or parenting, the partner, just the way you
1:27.0	interacting with people that you feel has created distance.
1:41.6	This is that inquiry, how have I been relating to myself?
1:49.4	Where have I been harsh?
1:55.3	Where have I been withholding or cynical towards myself, jaded?
2:04.7	Every impatient demeaning.
2:19.5	And as you scan, let your intention be to meet what you encounter with a wise and compassionate
2:29.3	presence.
2:41.8	So this is the scan, kind of a forgiveness scan where you see where you've turned on yourself.
2:47.7	And then we begin with rain, the rain on self-blame by recognizing a place where that's
2:54.4	happened.
2:56.4	This might recognize some of the more predominant features of it, what it is your judging.
3:20.2	As you recognize the landscape, for now it's allowed.
3:25.0	Create a sense of, okay, just letting it be here, letting it be here.
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