Keep Talking Episode 136: Joseph Goldstein - How Meditation Can Improve Your Life
Joseph Goldstein is an author, the co-founder of the Insight Meditation Society in Barre, MA, and is one of the most influential and important figures to bring vipassana meditation practices into the American mainstream.
A rebroadcast from 2022.
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(00:00) Intro
(00:45) How Joseph ended up in Asia a young man
(04:39) Reason for interest in Buddhism and meditation
(08:59) Immersing in the study of the mind
(12:41) The Buddha’s teachings
(18:52) Joseph's psychological state when first exposed to Buddhism and meditation
(21:01) The daily habits, discipline, and rituals to try to achieve Enlightenment
(27:14) Deciding to devote his life to meditation
(30:11) Communicating to his mother his desire to devote his life to Buddhism
(32:59) Metaphysical views pre and post meditation
(37:46) Buddhism is non-theistic
(40:14) What is the Dharma?
(44:48) Integrating Buddhist teachings with practice and The Noble Eightfold Path
(53:37) The first step to use mindfulness to ease psychological suffering
(01:01:24) Awareness versus the weather pattern of one's mind
(01:04:30) Using mindfulness to respond, rather than to react
(01:15:37) Dealing with grief
(01:24:50) How can we improve our lives by being mindful?