Joseph Goldstein - Insight Hour - Ep. 29 - Cutting Through Identification with Consciousness: • Joseph Goldstein - Ins...
Joseph Goldstein - Insight Hour - Ep. 29 - Cutting Through Identification with Consciousness: beherenownetwo...
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Joseph talks about the concept of self and what we can do to move past the identification with our consciousness that keeps us stuck in our loop.
The idea of self is the root of much suffering. Through practice, though, we can find ways to free ourselves of the ‘I’ and helps others to do the same.
Show Notes
Suffering from Self (Opening) - The concept of self comes from a superficial perception of our experience; of our mind and body.
“The idea of an enduring self has kept you wandering helplessly in the realms of Samsara for countless lifetimes. . . If you could simply let go of that one thought of ‘I,’ you would find it easy to be free and free others too.” - Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche
Seductive Emotions (03:00) - We also create a strong sense of self when we identify with emotions and moods. This is the strong sense we communicate as, “I’m angry. I am sad. I am happy.”
“Who am I? This is who I am.”
Nature of Emotions (6:35) - One way to get rid of this deeply habituated pattern of identification with these emotions is to see their impermanent nature.
” So indeed, these states, not having been, come into being. Having been, they vanish, Regarding these states, all of these emotions abide unattracted, unrepelled, independent, free, not identified with a mind, free of barriers, simple.” - Buddha
We understand this fleeting nature of emotions, and yet often do not reflect on this truth. So seduced by the story and the feeling, we lose sight of their impermanent nature.
Emotions and Moods (10:05) - We also need to distinguish emotions from moods. Emotions can come and go in seconds or minutes. Moods can last for days and are what activates certain emotions.
It is easy to identify what triggers our emotions. It is more difficult to determine the source of our moods. They are often a background filter of how we see the world. If we are not aware of them, they can shape our experience of the world.
No-Self (17:00) - It is easy to come into the practice thinking that the whole problem is self, that it is something to get rid of. Losing the self is not necessary, you don’t have to get rid of the self because it is not there in the first place.
Cutting Through Identification (28:50) - How do we cut through the identification with consciousness, so we are not creating and living our lives from this place of being the witness?
If there is a center of knowing anywhere, that is the continuing of Samsara.
Nothing There (42:45) - As long as there is identification at all, we are still in the realm of conventional conditional reality. This problem is the critical point in our practice.
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