Ep. 147 – The Suffering That Comes With Wanting

Insight Hour with Joseph Goldstein

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

4.8 • 864 Ratings

🗓️ 29 December 2022

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

Joseph Goldstein explores the suffering that comes with wanting, the three types of desire, and why our investigation is to notice the ways the mind gets caught and the ways it can be free.

This dharma talk from October 10, 1999, at the Insight Meditation Society, was originally published on Dharma Seed.

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“When we’re lost in the wanting mind, in the mind of desire, it solidifies and strengthens the sense of self, the sense of ‘I,’ and it obscures the natural clarity, the recognition of the natural clarity and lucidity and emptiness of our own minds. So it’s a great obscuring force when we’re not paying attention.” – Joseph Goldstein

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0:31.3	When we're lost in the wanting mind, in the mind of desire, it solidifies and strengthens the sense of self, the sense of I, and it obscures the natural clarity, the recognition
0:48.7	of the natural clarity and lucidity and emptiness of our own minds. So it's a great obscuring force when we're not
0:59.2	paying attention. Welcome to the Joseph Goldstein Inside Hour.
1:17.0	This podcast is an expression of our shared interest in self-discovery. Join Joseph as he shares his deep knowledge of
1:26.5	the path of mindfulness. If you are interested in supporting this podcast, please go to be here now network.com slash Joseph. The essential nature is empty, it's clear, unobstructed, it's lucid, it simply knows whatever is arising, whatever is appearing.
2:07.0	But somehow we don't often recognize the simplicity of the empty open selfless nature of awareness.
2:30.4	So often we get caught up or distracted or seduced by various thought patterns or emotional tendencies.
2:35.0	Some of these patterns or tendencies are so long and deeply established, they've often become invisible to us.
2:47.0	We so much take them to be who we are.
2:54.0	There may be patterns of desire or aversion, of fear, of doubt.
3:01.0	We become so habituated to their arising. We take them to be who we are and
3:08.8	we don't really see their true nature and it obscures our recognition of the empty clarity, the empty
3:17.8	lucidity of mind.
3:21.6	The Buddha talked of how difficult our task is.
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