Ep. 127 – Concepts & Realities

Insight Hour with Joseph Goldstein

Be Here Now Network

Joseph Goldstein, Mindfulness, Vipassana, Buddhism, Insightmeditation, Meditation, Society & Culture, Religion & Spirituality

4.8 • 864 Ratings

🗓️ 27 June 2022

⏱️ 80 minutes

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Summary

Continuing to explore the themes discussed in our previous episode, Joseph is back with an enlivening discourse on concepts and realities, the root cause of suffering, and how mindfulness connects with free-falling.

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In this dharma talk soured from April 17th, 1983, Jospeh Goldstein offers clarity and insight into the important distinction between our concepts—our ideas and thoughts about things—and the experience itself. Shining the light of reality onto the shadow of concepts, he helps us spelunk the depths of samsara for what is true and real in this ever-changing universe. This talk from Joseph was originally published on Dharma Seed

"We have been conditioned for so long to live in the world of concept, the world of idea, the world of mentality construct—and our attachment to those ideas or concepts are so strong that we've begun to take the concept to be the reality." – Joseph Goldstein

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0:31.1	Do another little experiment.
0:33.0	Listen.
0:35.0	Let me close your eyes and listen. is that inside or outside?
0:45.0	When you're just with the experience,
0:47.0	is that inside or outside?
0:50.0	When you're just with the experience, there's no bell, there's no ear, there's no inside, there's no outside, there's no outside.
1:02.0	There's just hearing.
1:06.7	As soon as we put a concept of ear, body,
1:10.5	of bell, of self, of inside, outside, there's the duality, there's the separation. Welcome to the Joseph Goldstein Inside Hour.
1:29.0	This podcast is an expression of our shared interest in self-discovery.
1:35.0	Join Joseph as he shares his deep knowledge of the path of mindfulness.
1:40.0	If you are interested in supporting this podcast, please go to be here one of the most important distinctions to be understood in the meditation practice and in our lives.
2:10.0	That's the distinction or the difference between our concepts, our ideas, our thoughts about things and the experience itself.
2:25.0	This was illustrated, this distinction was illustrated very clearly.
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