
Ep. 143 – Transforming Fear
Insight Hour with Joseph Goldstein
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The Fear of Pain Masks Dukkha
The Buddha talked of how movement masks Dukkha. And as an interesting experiment, go through the day noticing why it is that you ever move. What initiates movement? It's quite astounding to realize that almost all our movements that we do are to avoid some unpleasantness. So just to watch, not at all with judgment, really to watch with interest, how often it's the fear of discomfort, the fear of pain which keeps us moving.
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