Illuminating different ways to free the mind, Joseph Goldstein integrates relative and ultimate truth, revealing the emptiness of thoughts.

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This time on Insight Hour, Joseph Goldstein discusses

• Integrating the elements of both relative and ultimate truth in our lives
• The natural compassion that emerges when we let go of self-identification
• Why our perception of reality isn’t always reliable or accurate
• Our attachment to the pleasant and aversion to the unpleasant 
• Considering if the mind can remain unafflicted while the body is suffering
• Shifting awareness from what we want to how the wanting mind feels
• Our capability to train the mind in a way that leads to greater freedom
• Letting thoughts arise without interference or judgment 
• Developing nonreactivity through seeing how quickly thoughts arise and pass
• Realizing that the past and future are only constructs of the mind

This talk was originally published on Dharmaseed

“Our only experience of the past and future is as a thought in the mind. This is tremendously liberating to see because most of us carry the concepts of the past and future as a huge burden in our lives. All the worries, anxieties, hopes, fears—all of those are arising because we’re not seeing that they’re just concepts.” –Joseph Goldstein

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