Ep. 251 – The Selfless Path to Happiness
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Joseph Goldstein discusses the selfless path to happiness through Buddhist insights on impermanence and meditation.
In part 1 of this Q&A session, Joseph Goldstein gives Buddhist-flavored insight on accepting impermanence, developing our practice, and loving selflessly. This episode is brought to you by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/insighthour and get on your way to being your best self In this episode, Joseph Goldstein offers his perspective on: The path from accepting impermanence to happiness Letting go of clinging and becoming attuned to the truth of change The stages we go through in Vipassana meditation practice Understanding meditation experiences—why difficult moments don’t mean a “bad” practice How developing a regular practice helps us approach life more equanimously Feeling the whole mind-body process within practice and how this helps us let go of our sense of self Walking meditation as an effective tool for immediate selflessness The challenge of engaging with the world without getting lost in it Seeing the clear possibility of loving without attachment and with pure generosity of the heart This talk was recorded at Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center and distributed by Dharma Seed “On a conceptual level…
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