Ep. 162 – Happiness: The Progress of Insight
Insight Hour with Joseph Goldstein
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The Stage of Equianimity
The key defilement that's uprooted which transforms the course of our lives is the attachment to the belief in self. That can't be forced. When you can't force them, you can't pretend them,. You can't set it up as an ideal and try to feel that way. It comes by itself as the practice deepens. In this stage of equanimity, the mind reaches a profound equilibrium where there is no movement of mind - not even the slightest reaching out or pushing away. To this stage ofequanimity, that all factors of enlightenment start maturing. And again, people feel very comfortable in their bodies,very comfortable in their minds, and sit for
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