Ep. 186 - Working With Thought And Emotion

Insight Hour with Joseph Goldstein

Be Here Now Network

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

4.8 • 864 Ratings

🗓️ 2 November 2023

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

Joseph Goldstein expounds upon the relationship between thought and emotion as it relates to both our spiritual practice and our daily lives.

This dharma talk, recorded on June 4, 2013, was originally published on Dharma Seed.

In this lecture, Joseph:

Dissects the nuanced meaning of the Pali word sati, often translated as "mindfulness"
Highlights the importance of applying mindfulness to both skillful and unskillful thoughts
Helps us understand the very nature of thought
Outlines the inherent connection between thoughts and emotional responses
Proposes that we stay open to afflictive emotions without identifying with them

"When we engage with thoughts and emotions from a place of interest and a place of investigation, a place of inquiry, we can see them all arise and pass away in this open sky of the mind." - Joseph Goldstein

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0:00.0	When we engage with thoughts and emotions from a place of interest, in a place of
0:06.1	investigation, a place of inquiry, we can see them all arise and pass away in this open sky of the mind. Welcome to the Joseph Goldstein Inside Hour.
0:33.6	This podcast is an expression of our shared interest in self-discovery.
0:39.4	Join Joseph as he shares his deep knowledge of the path of mindfulness.
0:45.0	If you are interested in supporting this podcast,
0:48.2	please go to be here now network.com
0:51.4	slash Joseph. Tonight I'd like to talk about two of the most predominant and far-reaching aspects of our experience.
1:12.0	There are aspects that condition aspects of our experience.
1:13.2	There are aspects that condition both our happiness
1:16.6	and our suffering, and that play out in our meditation
1:21.3	practice and play out in our
1:23.0	lives in the world.
1:25.0	And these are the realms of thought and emotion.
1:30.0	But in order to have a fuller understanding of how to work with thought and emotion in our minds,
1:40.0	it's helpful to place them in the framework of two overarching principles in the Buddhist teachings.
1:49.3	These two principles are that of relative truth and more ultimate truth.
1:57.6	We could also describe it as the realm of karma
2:00.8	in the realm of emptiness.
2:07.4	We could describe it as the realm of content or the realm of process. So we need to understand how to work with thought and emotion in both of these rounds on both
2:16.1	of these levels.
2:19.3	It's important to consider both of these levels because it's easy to become attached to one or the other of them.
2:30.0	And this is one of the dangers of spiritual practice.
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