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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