Joseph Goldstein - Insight Hour - Ep. 25 - The Gift of Awareness: • Joseph Goldstein - Ins...
Joseph Goldstein - Insight Hour - Ep. 25 - The Gift of Awareness: beherenownetwo...
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There are a variety of motives that bring one to the meditative process, but for all of us the journey really begins with the simple steps of calming the mind and collecting our attention.
We can never underestimate the value of seeing the mind in its unadulterated state of hurried distraction and unconscious reaction. Without this basic insight into how often we are lost in thought, there will be little motivation to wake up from it. We have to observe before we can begin to understand. This is what Joseph illuminates as “The Gift of Awareness.”
A crucial step comes in re-framing the moment we wake up into, in order to have delight in our return to the moment, rather than judging ourselves for being lost. We then start to truly appreciate the opportunity that arises in coming back to our center. This is the joy in learning to accept the gift that is present moment awareness.
In deepening our practice, we increase the spaciousness necessary for further exploration. We begin to directly experience what it’s like to be us. This is done by moving from an abstract sense of the body to a genuine mindfulness of the actual sensations that we are feeling in any given moment. The shift from the conceptual model to the energetic field is a profound step on the path to conscious development.
With this foundational approach, Joseph offers practical methods for maintaining a continuity of awareness that promotes joyful and sustainable dedication to the practice of mindfulness.
“How we relate to our own bodies can often reveal how we relate to the world”
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