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We receive so many messages from our culture meant to divide us from one another or turn us against ourselves. Yet when we stop judging, stop avoiding, stop trying to resist that which makes us afraid or ashamed, we open to our true nature―a boundless field of awareness that is innately fearless and loving.

This recognition of our essential human goodness may be the most radical act of healing we can take. “The gold of our true nature can never be tarnished,” says Tara Brach. “In the moments of remembering and trusting this basic goodness of our Being, we open to happiness, peace, and freedom.”

In Trusting the Gold, Tara draws from more than four decades of experience as a meditation teacher and psychologist to share her most valuable practices for reconnecting with the beauty of our humanity―from timeless Buddhist wisdom to techniques adapted to the specific challenges of our modern age. Here you’ll explore three pathways of remembering and living from your full aliveness:

• Opening to the Truth of the present moment
• Turning toward Love in any situation
• Resting in the Freedom of our natural, radiant awareness (Source Accessed Jan 19, 2022)

Citation	Brach, Tara. Trusting the Gold: Uncovering Your Natural Goodness. With Illustrations by Vicky Alvarez. Boulder, CO: Sounds True, 2021.

Contents

• Our Basic Goodness11
• What Is Good Enough?12
• Thank You for Everything14
• The Second Arrow15
• Resisting the Demons18
• This Too21
• Newspaper Meditation23
• Meet You Edge and Soften27
• The Gift of a Failed Strategy29
• From White Guilt to Heartbreak32
• Speaking and Receiving Difficult Truths39
• Not a Problem43
• Thank You, Siri45
• What You Practice Grows Stronger49
• Real but Not True51
• Sacred Presence52
• Every Day, No Matter What53
• Love Is Always Loving You59
• Loving Ourselves into Healing63
• The Boundary of Our Freedom67
• Living True to Ourselves70
• Please, May I Be Kind75
• Narayan's Ant Farm78
• We Are Friends81
• Reverence for Life84
• Our Secret Beauty89
• The Bridge Between Longing and Belonging92
• Keeping Company with Grief95
• Our World's Fear98
• Loving Life No Matter What103
• Two Wings109
• A Sunlit Sky111
• "This Is It"114
• Remembering the Way Home115
• Surrendering Again and Again118
• Touching Presence125
• Saying Yes126
• The Unreal Other129
• The Vast Sky of Awareness132
• Seeing Behind the Mask135
• "I'm an Undo"139
• Is This Universe a Friendly Place?140
• A Prayer for Mia144
• Happy for No Reason145
• The Lion's Roar150
• These Precious Moments151
• Standing Still153
• Our True Home155
• A Heart Ready for Anything157
• The Fragrance of Awareness158
• Truth or Love?161
  • Acknowledgments165
  • Notes167
  • About the Author171
  • About the Illustrator173