Ep. 06 - Working With Doubt And Aversion
Insight Hour with Joseph Goldstein
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Working With Doubt and Aversion
The second hindrance that i wanted to talk about this evening is one that's equally strongly conditioned, comes up a lot in practice, in many forms. And that is the many forms of aversion in the mind. It can be anger, hatred, annoyance, irritation, fear, unworthiness, grief, boredom, ill will, the judging mind. All of these states are conditioned reactions to what we find unpleasant. So even though we need the gradual cultivation, it's to understand that right in the midst of the arising of these hindrances, there can be a sudden realization and an awakening.
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