Insight Hour with Joseph Goldstein

Joseph Goldstein discusses equanimity and how to remove the self from the knowing, effectively freeing ourselves from identification with awareness.
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This time on Insight Hour, Joseph Goldstein mindfully explores:
Thoughts as passing phenomena that do not truly belong to anyone
Seeing all experiences as the simultaneous arising of both knowing and object
Letting go of our identification with knowing and awareness
Shifting from active voice to passive voice as a mindfulness practice
The near enemies of the mental qualities listed in the Brahmaviharas
Equanimity and holding all things equally, seeing things for what they are
The difference between impartiality and indifference, openness versus carelessness
Navigating the complexity of our lives through the balance of compassion and equanimity
Maintaining an interest in exploring rather than relying on our preconceptions about people and situations
This episode was recorded at the Insight Meditation Society Forest Refuge and originally published on Dharmaseed
“When you look for the mind there’s nothing to find and the not finding is the finding. It’s to see that there is nothing to find and when there is nothing to find, there is nothing to identify with.” –Joseph Goldstein

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Joseph Goldstein responds to questions on spiritual craving, mental focus, and what it truly means to become aware of awareness.
This time on Insight Hour, Joseph Goldstein mindfully explains:
Bringing your daily life into your spiritual practice
Mindfulness of seeing: focusing on the seeing itself rather than on what we are looking at
Resting in open, non-reactive spaciousness
The cognizing power of emptiness and realizing that there is nothing to know
Keeping the mind steady and how concentration deepens insight
Understanding both relative and ultimate reality
Defining dukkha as the inevitability of unwanted experiences
How to not waste suffering: taking an interest in the shadows of our own minds
Having agency over our own minds during difficult experiences
Mindfulness of anger and other negative emotions
This episode was originally published on Dharmaseed
“How do I become aware of awareness? Where is it? How can I put my finger on it? When we realize that there’s nothing to find, and yet the knowing is happening, then we relax back into the mystery of consciousness, and you’re very aware of the capacity of the mind to know.” –Joseph Goldstein
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Defining the nature of Bodhicitta, Joseph Goldstein explains that enlightenment is inevitable when compassion and emptiness coexist.
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This time on Insight Hour, Joseph Goldstein thoughtfully articulates:
Bodhicitta: the heart-mind of awakening and working for the benefit of all beings
Living in the world while still remembering the truth of non-self and impermanence
The beauty of selflessness embodied through Dipa Ma’s life and teachings
Regularly reflecting on impermanence as both a reality check and a spiritual practice
The nature of the mind as intrinsically empty and naturally radiant
Coming out of our mind-drama and entering into the empty luminosity of the present moment
Compassionate responsiveness to the needs of others
Forgiveness as one of the most profound ways to respond with open-hearted compassion
This talk was originally published on Dharmaseed
“This responsiveness is compassion, not as a meditative stance, but rather it is the responsiveness of an open heart, of an open mind. It can show itself, this compassionate responsiveness, in so many different ways. It can manifest very beautifully as forgiveness.” –Joseph Goldstein
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Responding to a variety of dharma questions on meditation, effort, and impermanence, Joseph Goldstein explores the mystery of consciousness.
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This week on Insight Hour, Joseph Goldstein responds to questions on:
The benefits of doing walking meditation versus traditional seated meditation
Cutting through our conceptual overlay and simply having raw experiences
Passive voice construction: removing the self as subject when narrating the world around us
Changing “let it go” to “let it be” when we are struggling to let go
Being in the flow of changing experiences, the natural arising and passing away of all things
The fine line of wholesome energy/effort versus striving and struggling
Realizing the emptiness of thoughts and the suffering they bring to us
The first experience of nirvana, ‘the zero’, and uprooting the view of self
This talk was originally published on Dharmaseed
“This is the mystery of consciousness. There’s nothing there tangible to find; no color, no form, it can’t be found. Yet, the knowing is happening. It’s this union of emptiness and knowing.” –Joseph Goldstein
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Illuminating different ways to free the mind, Joseph Goldstein integrates relative and ultimate truth, revealing the emptiness of thoughts.
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This time on Insight Hour, Joseph Goldstein discusses
Integrating the elements of both relative and ultimate truth in our lives
The natural compassion that emerges when we let go of self-identification
Why our perception of reality isn’t always reliable or accurate
Our attachment to the pleasant and aversion to the unpleasant
Considering if the mind can remain unafflicted while the body is suffering
Shifting awareness from what we want to how the wanting mind feels
Our capability to train the mind in a way that leads to greater freedom
Letting thoughts arise without interference or judgment
Developing nonreactivity through seeing how quickly thoughts arise and pass
Realizing that the past and future are only constructs of the mind
This talk was originally published on Dharmaseed
“Our only experience of the past and future is as a thought in the mind. This is tremendously liberating to see because most of us carry the concepts of the past and future as a huge burden in our lives. All the worries, anxieties, hopes, fears—all of those are arising because we’re not seeing that they’re just concepts.” –Joseph Goldstein
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