5 Ways To Get Over Yourself | Pascal Auclair

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Dan Harris, Health & Fitness, Mindfulness, Dharma, Mental Health, Meditation

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🗓️ 8 June 2022

⏱️ 75 minutes

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Summary

The phrase, “Get over yourself” is often used in a flippant way, but it’s actually speaking to a deep human need to get out of our heads and off our own backs. At a fundamental level, this is what Buddhism is all about— seeing through the illusion of the self, which can be the source of so much of our suffering.

In this episode guest Pascal Auclair talks about how we can unlock this suffering through the use of a foundational Buddhist list called the five aggregates.

Pascal Auclair has been immersed in Buddhist practice and study since 1997. He has been mentored by Joseph Goldstein and Jack Kornfield at the Insight Meditation Society (IMS) in Massachusetts and Spirit Rock Meditation Center in California, where he is now enjoying teaching retreats. Pascal teaches in North America and in Europe. He is a co-founder of True North Insight and one of their guiding teachers.

In this episode we talk about:

How the five aggregates got Auclair hooked on Buddhist practice and philosophy
The five aggregates as a way to work with difficulty
Living with the non-negotiable prospect of dying
Paying attention to pleasant, unpleasant and neutral feeling tone
Meditation training as a way to understand that experiences are conditional

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0:00.0	This is the 10% Happier Podcast.
0:06.3	I'm Dan Harris.
0:10.3	Hello.
0:12.5	The phrase get over yourself is often used in a flippant way, but I think it's actually
0:17.1	speaking to a deep human need to get out of our heads, to get off our own backs, to
0:21.3	get out of our own way, to be blown away.
0:24.3	The Greek word for ecstasy translates to standing outside of oneself.
0:29.8	At a fundamental level, this is what Buddhism is all about, seeing through the illusion
0:34.1	of the self.
0:35.4	Self is the source of so much of our suffering.
0:37.5	We spend so much time building it up and defending it.
0:40.6	When in the end, there's nothing there, or at least not as much as we might think there
0:44.5	is.
0:45.5	So many Buddhist practices are designed to help unlock this source of suffering.
0:50.4	And today we're going to talk about a foundational Buddhist list that can help you do just that.
0:55.8	It's called the five aggregates.
0:58.3	I won't go into great detail or any detail right now about the five aggregates because
1:03.5	our guest, a true Dharma nerd, is going to hold forth with some great eloquence.
1:09.9	Pascal O'Clair has been immersed in Buddhist practice and studies since 1997.
1:15.0	He's done retreats in Asia and America.
1:17.3	He's been mentored by people who will be familiar to many listeners, including Joseph
1:22.8	Goldstein and Jack Cornfield.
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