Ep. 166 – Opening to Fear
Insight Hour with Joseph Goldstein
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The Three Characteristics of Pain
People get enlightened watching pain because it is such a good object and the mind is not wandering very much. As we open to the pain rather than contract, rather than pull back out of fear, begin to see that pain is not one solid thing,. It is not a solid mess, it is constantly changing. There is a certain vibratory feel to it. Even if it is all intensely unpleasant, but we break up the solidity of it. We can begin to see the three characteristics very clearly. Very often we have a fear of being insecure. We don't like that feeling of insecurity or uncertainty. And this fear leads to an inner psychological insecurity which then has a very powerful conditioning role
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