In a dharma talk on working with thoughts and emotions, Joseph Goldstein explains the impersonal and empty nature of the mind.
This week on Insight Hour, Joseph Goldstein teaches us about:
- Observing how mind states and thoughts mutually condition each other
- The way that thoughts carry us away into different emotional states
- Looking at the direct nature and meaning of thought
- Noticing the difference between being lost and being awake
- Viewing our thoughts just as they arise
- Not overthinking and focusing on the simplicity of a practice
- The six things that are ever arising or passing: our senses
- Maintaining open awareness and experiencing the flow
“Well, what is a thought? It’s quite remarkable because when we look at that level, not on the level of the story or the content, but thought as a phenomenon, we see that it is barely more than nothing. It is so phenomenal. These thoughts arise, and the content can be so compelling, but as a phenomenon, as the nature of thought, it’s just this little energy blip in the mind. If we’re not getting hooked by the content, it has no power at all.” - Joseph Goldstein
This 2019 dharma talk from Insight Meditation Society was originally published by Dharmaseed
================
Buddhist Teacher Joseph Goldstein On Getting Insight On The Nature of Thought - Insight Hour Ep. 200 - • Buddhist Teacher Josep...
Joseph Goldstein - Insight Hour - Ep. 200 - Getting Insight On The Nature of Thought - beherenownetwork.com/joseph-g...
================
Make sure not to miss a single video podcast from Be Here Now Network! Click here to Subscribe:
/ @beherenownetwork
Follow Be Here Now Network:
Facebook: / beherenownetwork
Twitter: / beherenownet
Instagram: / beherenownetwork
================
Be Here Now Network
Podcasts, Courses, and Articles to help you live a Life in Balance.
Heart-Centered wisdom from Ram Dass, Jack Kornfield, Sharon Salzberg, Krishna Das + many more!
Get a Free Guided Meditation from Sharon Salzberg when you first sign up at:
beherenownetwork.com/