Working With Difficulties: The Blessings of RAIN
by Tara Brach (adapted from Tara’s upcoming book, True Refuge (Bantam, 2012))
About twelve years ago, a number of Buddhist teachers began to share a new mindfulness tool based on the acronym RAIN. This training in presence is an ‘in the trenches’ support for working with intense and difficult states of mind. I have now taught it to thousands of students, clients, and mental health professionals, adapting and expanding it into the version you’ll find below. I’ve also made it a core practice in my own life. When we are caught up and suffering in the trance of fear and separation, RAIN can help bring us home to a full mindfulness by directing our attention in a clear, systematic way.
Here are the four key steps:
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by Tara Brach (adapted from Tara’s upcoming book, True Refuge (Bantam, 2012))
About twelve years ago, a number of Buddhist teachers began to share a new mindfulness tool based on the acronym RAIN. This training in presence is an ‘in the trenches’ support for working with intense and difficult states of mind. I have now taught it to thousands of students, clients, and mental health professionals, adapting and expanding it into the version you’ll find below. I’ve also made it a core practice in my own life. When we are caught up and suffering in the trance of fear and separation, RAIN can help bring us home to a full mindfulness by directing our attention in a clear, systematic way.
Here are the four key steps:
- Recognize what is happening
- Allow life to be just as it is
- Investigate inner experience with an Intimate attention
- Non-Identification; rest in Natural awareness.
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