Highlighting the impermanence of experience, Joseph Goldstein leads a practice in noticing mental and physical sensations.
This episode is brought to you by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/insighthour and get on your way to being your best self.
“We don’t have to do anything to make things change. The very nature of whatever is arising, whether it’s in the body or the mind, the very nature is that whatever arises will also pass away.” – Joseph Goldstein
This time on Insight Hour, Joseph Goldstein offers a guided practice on:
- Working with thought and emotion
- Full body awareness without effort or struggling
- Noticing the breath and other sensations
- Being aware of thoughts just as they are arising
- Opening up to the fullness of experience
- The power of naming emotions
- Sensing the impermanent nature of all things
- Moving from the conceptual into direct experience
- The seduction of our thoughts
“You can treat all that noise in the mind, all those thoughts in the mind, you can treat them exactly as you would with sounds…We could be sitting, and lots of sounds are arising, and we just let them come and go. Treat the thought like a sound. The fact of thinking happening is not a problem if you are aware that you are thinking. Thoughts are very seductive, it’s easy to get carried away.” – Joseph Goldstein
This 2018 recording from an Insight Meditation Retreat was originally published by Dharmaseed
Listen to more from Joseph:
In the search for liberation, we must explore the nature of our existence. Joseph investigates the wisdom of impermanence in Insight Hour Ep. 2.
There are deeper levels of truth about reality. Joseph explores different ways of freeing the mind by understanding the habits of preference and the emptiness of thoughts in Insight Hour Ep. 41.
It’s possible to smile at the antics of one’s own mind. Joseph offers responses to questions about selflessness, shame, cravings, and more in Insight Hour Ep. 111.
Metta practice can penetrate deeply. Joseph explores how love, kindness, gratitude, and friendship can revolutionize our lives in Insight Hour Ep. 117.