Illuminating the shadows of our minds, Joseph Goldstein explains how to notice and investigate the emotions hiding underneath aversions.

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The Satipatthana Sutta is one of the most celebrated and widely studied discourses in the Pāli Canon of Theravada Buddhism. This episode is the sixteenth part of an in-depth 48-part weekly lecture series from Joseph Goldstein that delves into every aspect of the Satipatthana Sutta. If you are just now jumping into the Satipatthana Sutta series, listen to Insight Hour Ep. 203 to follow along and get the full experience!

In this episode, Joseph offers a discussion on:

What aversion is and how to recognize when it’s present
The powerful underground force of hatred
Looking clearly and deeply into our own minds through mindfulness
Weakening and uprooting the very deepest tendencies of mind
How even words themselves contain both desire and aversion
The rising of aversion with respect to physical and emotional pain
The nine thoughts that can stir up malice according to the Buddha
Why we personalize situations which are impersonal
Opening up to aversion as simply a noted mind-state
Arousing the investigative aspect of the mind
Reflecting on what purpose (or lack their of) our emotions serve
Taking responsibility for our aversions
The development of loving-kindness and wishing-well to all beings

This talk was originally published on Dharmaseed

“Really what we’re doing here is illuminating the shadow side of our mind, the aspects that we don’t usually see, the underground, the latent tendencies in which the milder forms of aversion are rooted.” – Joseph Goldstein

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