Ep. 06 - Working With Doubt And Aversion
Insight Hour with Joseph Goldstein
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I'm Not Good Enough, I Can't Do This
When self doubt is a strongly conditioned force in the mind, it not only is a hindrance in practice, but it becomes a debilitating force in our lives. It doesn't allow us to go forward and investigate and make mistakes. So this doubting mind, whether it's about the practice, whether about the particular method, whether it’s about our own capacity, this doubting minds are exhausting and painful. Sometimes self doubt comes from an underlying feeling of unworthiness. I don't exactly know what it is, you know, that creates this feeling. We want to be able to see this arise in theMind, not be seduced by it.
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