Each of these practices actually not only addresses a particular conditioning of the mind,

they all very much strengthen the power of concentration.

And so it's just to see how through many different doors we can enter the realm of understanding

Taming the mind coming to a place of stillness where we can really see the essential nature and come to freedom

And so there are many ways depending on temperament. Welcome to the Joseph Goldstein Insight Hour.

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In between true phrases. I've put some questions together that at first glance they might not seem related

but there's actually a threat of relationship.

Can one do the equanimity practice with people towards whom one feels desire,

it seems helpful.

And then another question,

is there another emerging practice

that will be taught to compliment Meta and the possumum.

If as you're doing the equanimity and you do it towards a person for whom you feel desire and you feel

your mind going in the direction of greater equanimity, that's great.

If you feel your mind going the direction of greater desire, then there's another kind of meditation.

One of the amazing things about the Buddhist teaching, when you give it some study is the tremendous

range of techniques and skillful means that he used for different kinds of people and for people in different mental circumstances.

So actually the meditation that's most often taught

for people who suffer from overwhelming desire is the meditation on the 32 parts of the body.

And there's quite a classical and traditional method for doing this

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