Finding Wholeness Through Our Broken Places (Excerpt): Tara Brach, Jack Kornfield, and Gabor Maté

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In this excerpt from a conversation from the “Talks on Trauma” series Gabor Maté investigates the paths of personal trauma woven into the Buddhist and personal psychology fields for which Jack Kornfeld and Tara Brach are so well known.
Find out more about this series “Talks on Trauma” as part of the “All Access Pass” from the film The Wisdom of Trauma: thewisdomoftrauma.com/store/
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Tara Brach is an American psychologist, author, and proponent of Buddhist meditation. She is a guiding teacher and founder of the Insight Meditation Community of Washington, D.C. (IMCW). Brach also teaches about Buddhist meditation at centers for meditation and yoga in the United States and Europe, including Spirit Rock Meditation Center in Woodacre, California; the Kripalu Center, and the Omega Institute for Holistic Studies.
Brach is an Engaged Buddhist, specializing in the application of Buddhist teachings and mindfulness meditation to emotional healing. She has authored several books on these subjects, including Radical Acceptance, True Refuge, and Radical Compassion.
www.tarabrach.com/
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Jack Kornfield trained as a Buddhist monk in the monasteries of Thailand, India and Burma. He has taught meditation internationally since 1974 and is one of the key teachers to introduce Buddhist mindfulness practice to the West. After graduating from Dartmouth College in Asian Studies in 1967 he joined the Peace Corps and worked on tropical medicine teams in the Mekong River valley. He met and studied as a monk under the Buddhist master Ven. Ajahn Chah, as well as the Ven. Mahasi Sayadaw of Burma. Returning to the United States, Jack co-founded the Insight Meditation Society in Barre, Massachusetts, with fellow meditation teachers Sharon Salzberg and Joseph Goldstein and the Spirit Rock Center in Woodacre, California. Over the years, Jack has taught in centers and universities worldwide, led International Buddhist Teacher meetings, and worked with many of the great teachers of our time. He holds a Ph.D. in clinical psychology and is a father, husband and activist.
His books have been translated into 20 languages and sold more than a million copies. They include, A Wise Heart: A Guide to the Universal Teachings of Buddhist Psychology, A Path with Heart; After the Ecstasy, the Laundry; Teachings of the Buddha; Seeking the Heart of Wisdom; Living Dharma; A Still Forest Pool; Stories of the Spirit, Stories of the Heart; Buddha’s Little Instruction Book; The Art of Forgiveness, Lovingkindness and Peace, Bringing Home the Dharma: Awakening Right Where You Are, and his most recent book, No Time Like the Present: Finding Freedom, Love, and Joy Right Where You Are.
jackkornfield.com/
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Gabor Maté
Rather than offering quick-fix solutions to these complex issues, Dr. Maté weaves together scientific research, case histories, and his own insights and experience to present a broad perspective that enlightens and empowers people to promote their own healing and that of those around them.
After 20 years of family practice and palliative care experience, Dr. Maté worked for over a decade in Vancouver’s Downtown East Side with patients challenged by drug addiction and mental illness. The bestselling author of four books published in over thirty languages, Gabor is an internationally renowned speaker highly sought after for his expertise on addiction, trauma, childhood development, and the relationship of stress and illness. His book on addiction received the Hubert Evans Prize for literary non-fiction. For his groundbreaking medical work and writing he has been awarded the Order of Canada, his country’s highest civilian distinction, and the Civic Merit Award from his hometown, Vancouver. His books include In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters With Addiction; When the Body Says No; The Cost of Hidden Stress; Scattered Minds: The Origins and Healing of Attention Deficit Disorder; and (with Dr. Gordon Neufeld) Hold on to Your Kids: Why Parents Need to Matter More Than Peers. His next book, The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness & Healing in a Toxic Culture is due out on September 13, 2022. His second next book, Hello Again: A Fresh Start for Parents and Their Adult Children is expected in 2023. Gabor is also co-developer of a therapeutic approach, Compassionate Inquiry, now studied by hundreds of therapists, physicians, counselors, and others internationally. More on his books and programs can be found here.
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[@lab4389]

It seems to me that wounded people can become the most powerful teachers. Thanks for sharing your stories. Everyone of you have helped me in my recovery. 💯

[@kennyb883]

Thank you Jack & Tara …as part of InsightLA along with my wife Izumi Tanaka we’ve had the joy & opportunity to sit & learn from you. My biggest joy has been serving as a volunteer❤. Trauma…the disruptions on our path that knocks us off course. Gabor is a gift..Thank all of you. The world needs more volunteers…I’m also on staff for The Mankind Project, Vets Journey Home & ….

[@luisszczurek3484]

Tara Brach AND Gabor Maté AND Jack Kornfield? Wow, what a combo.

[@shanegilberthill]

I love you Gabor. One of the only real, decent human beings I have ever heard speak. I appreciate this conversation because of my own experience with psychedelics, meditation and spirituality. I lived in that bliss for months, until I crashed worse than ever, as when I returned to earth all of my trauma was still waiting! (I thought I had been "cured" lol. My "therapist" at the time would say "I don't want to hear your story" and then guide me back to a mindless sate of mediation. My daughter, (and an MDMA session) finally helped me to see that I AM my story, I AM Shane, and that is the goal, to connect to myself, to BE myself. I was further misled at the time by spiritual teachings such as those of Ram Dass (whom I still love) summed up by the title of his movie "Becoming nobody". I learned the hard way that "becoming nobody" is a denial of self because it's easier to be nobody than to be ME with all of my pain, trauma, and history, and spent more than one awful, terrible year attempting to "get rid of myself". But that is where it's really at, becoming yourself with ever increasing compassion and insight. That said, meditation and psychedelics are a MASSIVE help in processing my trauma and truly becoming my authentic self. Finally, I feel like I am at least on the right path. Gabor, thank you, you have truly been a voice in the wilderness, and I love you for being. (NOTE: Without the support and unconditional love of my daughter, I believe that I wouldn't have survived. Thank you sweetheart, you are truly an amazing human being ❤ ❤ ♥ ♥). (It saddens me that I live in poverty, so am unable to access so much SAND content that I would love to see).

[@stilianifakidaraki3724]

This is so interesting. I’ve been going back and forth between trying to live as nobody and healing me, somebody, for years. It’s so contradicting… there are so many voices out there who tell us different things and in the end we’re just confused… So thank you for sharing ❤

[@andrearenee7845]

Thank you guys for this. Awesome.

[@upendasana7857]

I appreciate all these people and have been reading and following Jack for more than twenty years him being my first introduction to Buddhist thinking and practice. His book A Path with Heart is such a comprehensive outlook on the spiritual path and the need to do necessary healing as he mentions here and not bypass uncomfortable stuff. I think thanks to people like Jack and Tara and others they have provided us with a much more integrated approach to spirituality and healing.I have found Taras free yt talks as well to be invaluable.

[@jocelynbolduc2769]

Nostalgia.😢❤😊

[@irynaguziy1202]

"Veterans couldn't tell what they saw, but even worse - they couldn't say what they had to do, they didn't want to lay that on their families" 💔 I pray that after the war ends here in Ukraine we will be able to integrate all the pain our defenders had to go through, and find resilience as a society together. Thank you for this deep conversation!

[@lizafield9002]

Incredible. So grateful to yall.

[@Lotuslaful]

❤❤❤ so grateful for this interview It fills in missing pieces Ive needed 🙏🏻❤️🙏🏻

[@kennyb883]

Three of my favorite people 🙏❤️

[@harryneuhoff9115]

Can we have an extended version of this triad together?

[@satyamyaduvanshi]

Hare krishna 🌼🙏🏻

[@satyamyaduvanshi]

@@ReverendDr.Thomas yes and Sanatani

[@wildlightarts]

You might want to add a trigger warning regarding domestic violence as a screen warning at the very beginning of this video. It's interesting the duality of violence/trauma and spirituality in this video. Thanks for your consideration, if you are reviewing comments and accepting feedback! 🫶 🙏 💖

[@superperson978]

trauma is a trigger warning

[@scienceandnonduality]

Our sincere apologies if the content of this conversation was triggering for you. Please see our page of Resources for Trauma: thewisdomoftrauma.com/resources/.

[@tsumnerbmw]

Anything can be triggering…smells, lighting etc. Cannot warn everyone about everything.

[@ken-mb5cp]

My suggestion is to go within and be your own guru. We do have the right to be free and live the life we want. We do not have to be slaves to alien mind programs or our DNA which has us living the lives of our ancestors. But it’s free choice.

[@guru6958]

....ॐ

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[@scienceandnonduality]

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[@andreamcmahon30]

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[@scienceandnonduality]

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[@andreamcmahon30]

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