Sit back, listen and relax

Thanks Tara
The book offers simple and easy to understand explanation a number of inner dilemmas that we experience in our psychological world. It also offers some realistic solutions.

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an excellent book

This book is one of the most important ones. The narator is not that great. Rushing through.

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Female version of Dalai Lama

Am just saying. Tara Brachnis the goddess of meditation and I love her voice. She embodies everything she teaches and that’s what makes this book so great. It’s authentic. Fabulous

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Wonderful helpful book

This book is a tour de force. There is so much spiritual and personal development in it to be gained. I listened on slightly fast speed to make the timing for a book club. I will go back and listen again. I especially loved the detailed word by word relating of tender conversations with clients and self.
Tara repeats spiritual and emotional truths in many different ways which make them easier to be understood and absorbed. Thank you.

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Very inspiring

Great useful content! It’s so liberating to know these techniques I finally feel whole and satisfied with life.

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Wonderful!

I’ve been wanting to read (listen) to Tara for some time and it did not disappoint.
This book has helped me immensely on my spiritual journey. It is expertly layered to appeal to advanced spiritual practitioners as well as those just beginning their journey.
If you are just starting, begin your journey here.

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narrator ok, book is great

the book is great and very informative as to how to pause, reframe and react differently in a hard situation, giving many first-hand examples.
HOWEVER the narrator pronounced many names and buddhist terminology very wrong, up until the point that it was unrecognisable who / what was meant. please let her practice the pronunciation of the unfamiliar words (rinpoche, chögyam trungpa, togme zongpo, pema chödron - from the top of my head) before the final recording.

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Better to have been read by Tara

Great wisdom from TB. Abd useful practical meditations every chapter which were read too fast by the narrator. If Tara had conducted them with correct pauses it would have been useful and gained a full five stars. Instead they weren’t useful as read too fast.

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Radical Reading

Last year (2022) Tara Brach was a guest on the Tim Ferris podcast. That’s when I heard about R.A.I.N and those two words “Radical Acceptance”.

I realise this book was written 20 years ago, but wisdom is best learnt through experience, so, I’ve just had a radical learning experience understanding that the way through to acceptance is an unconditional friendship with yourself.

The teacher was Tara. In 1975 I was one year young. Tara was practicing this thing called Meditation. Of course I’m going to listen to what she has to say. And she says a lot. A lot of soothing words that make the exterior shell softer, that allowed the idea of an Eastern practice soak into my Western skin.

What did this book do for me?
Honesty! It brought a self reflective honesty to myself. The question of worthiness was asked on more than one occasion, and it helped me find a path of acceptance.
I consume to create. There’s my honesty. Does it sound now that I have a ulterior motive? Is there a hint of vulnerable narcissism?
This book has helped me ask a lot of uncomfortable questions. Have I answered them?
I know this is a review, so what I’m trying to show is how curious this book makes you, and would you not relish the opportunity to be curious about you?

Tara is magnificent with words, so it helps me be magnificent back.

This book is Radical is many ways, but the best way is for the fact, the learning continues, only now, you can see clearer because you’re not constantly in the way.

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A helpful step on the path of awakening

Thoroughly enjoyable! Yet insightful & profound.
The combination of therapeutic insight coupled with spiritual awakening made the book more impactful & thought provoking & powerful

I recommend this book to everyone. And I will continue to use this book as part of my spiritual support on my journey to enlightenment.

Thank you Tara. Namaste.

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