Responding to a variety of dharma questions on meditation, effort, and impermanence, Joseph Goldstein explores the mystery of consciousness.This episode is brought to you by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at <a href="http://betterhelp.com/insighthour" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">betterhelp.com/insighthour </a>and get on your way to being your best selfThis week on Insight Hour, Joseph Goldstein responds to questions on:<ul><li>The benefits of doing walking meditation versus traditional seated meditation</li><li>Cutting through our conceptual overlay and simply having raw experiences</li><li>Passive voice construction: removing the self as subject when narrating the world around us</li><li>Changing “let it go” to “let it be” when we are struggling to let go</li><li>Being in the flow of changing experiences, the natural arising and passing away of all things</li><li>The fine line of wholesome energy/effort versus striving and struggling</li><li>Realizing the emptiness of thoughts and the suffering they bring to us</li><li>The first experience of nirvana, ‘the zero’, and uprooting the view of self</li></ul>This talk was originally published on <a href="https://dharmaseed.org/talks/93089/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Dharmaseed</a>“This is the mystery of consciousness. There’s nothing there tangible to find; no color, no form, it can’t be found. Yet, the knowing is happening. It’s this union of emptiness and knowing.” –Joseph GoldsteinSee Privacy Policy at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://art19.com/privacy</a> and California Privacy Notice at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info</a>.

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Ep. 254 – The Mystery of Consciousness

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