Insight Hour with Joseph Goldstein Ep. 257 – Releasing the Knower: Equanimity and Awareness
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Jan 8, 2026 Explore the fascinating concept of equanimity and how to detach the self from knowing. Discover thoughts as ephemeral phenomena and experience the dual nature of awareness and objects. Learn to use passive voice as a tool for meditation, promoting a sense of selfless knowing. Delve into the nuances between equanimity and indifference, and how compassion thrives within the clarity it brings. Joseph shares personal insights on shifting from conflict to spacious awareness, emphasizing the power of mindful exploration and the importance of distinguishing helpful doubt from hindrance.
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Experience Is A Pairwise Flow
- Experience arises as a rapid pairwise flow: knowing and object arise together in each moment.
- Seeing this breaks the illusion of a continuous self because consciousness itself is momentary and changing.
Finding The Mind By Not Finding It
- Looking for 'the mind' often reveals nothing solid to find, and that not-finding is itself a discovery.
- Realizing there's nothing to find removes the basis for identifying with awareness.
Use Passive Voice To Loosen The 'I'
- Try describing your experience in the passive voice: 'sensations being known' instead of 'I know sensations.'
- Use this for short experiments in sitting or walking to taste effortless, selfless awareness.
