Insight Hour with Joseph Goldstein
Be Here Now Network
Joseph Goldstein has been a leading light for the practice of Insight and Loving Kindness meditation since his days in India and Burma where he studied with eminent masters of the tradition. In his podcast, The Insight Hour, Joseph delivers these essential mindfulness teachings in a practical and down to earth way that illuminates the practice through his own personal experience and wonderful story telling.
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Jul 4, 2024 • 56min
Ep. 204 – The Direct Path to Liberation, Satipatthana Sutta Series Pt.1
Exploring mindfulness through the Satipatthana Sutta, focusing on meditation, craving as the cause of suffering, impermanence, and the importance of wisdom and compassion in daily practice.
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Jun 13, 2024 • 1h 45min
Ep. 203 – Ask Joseph: Questions From Student To Teacher
Meditation teacher Joseph Goldstein discusses topics like mental noting, working with a greedy mind, dukkha and craving, deepening concentration, balancing self-knowing, dealing with painful mind-states, and the fear of impermanence and attachment.
Jun 6, 2024 • 1h 5min
Ep. 202 – The Subtlety of Practice
Joseph Goldstein, a meditation teacher, discusses the subtleties of practice, strengthening concentration, karma in the natural world, facing fear at the end of life, selflessness, equanimity in relationships, and refining sensations. He also talks about the power of neutrality over pleasure, dealing with pain, and using practice to overcome boredom and restlessness.
May 22, 2024 • 32min
Ep. 201 – A Guided Practice on Working with Thought and Emotions
Meditation teacher Joseph Goldstein leads a practice on mindfulness, noting mental and physical sensations. He discusses embracing impermanence, naming emotions, and transitioning from conceptual to direct experience. Focus on awareness over fixation on thoughts and the power of silence in deepening introspection.
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May 16, 2024 • 37min
Ep. 200 – Getting Insight On The Nature of Thought
Meditation teacher Joseph Goldstein discusses the impersonal nature of thoughts, how they lead to emotions, and the importance of observing thoughts as they arise. He emphasizes the simplicity of mindfulness practice and the transformative power of recognizing the impermanent and empty nature of thoughts.
May 2, 2024 • 52min
Ep. 199 – Self And Selfless
Joseph Goldstein discusses duality in mindfulness, from object-subject split to persona identification. He explores love for all experience, integration of mind-body, and the power of renunciation. Goldstein emphasizes the need to stop identifying with the self and the transformative power of mindfulness.
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Apr 25, 2024 • 1h 1min
Ep. 198 – Facing Our Fears
Meditation teacher Joseph Goldstein discusses working with fear in practice, releasing tension, opening up to Buddha nature, fear of emotional pain, insecurity, fear of being judged, and using lovingkindness as an antidote for fear.
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Apr 10, 2024 • 37min
Ep. 197 – Flavors of Loving-Kindness
Joseph Goldstein, a metta practice instructor and meditation teacher, delves into the many flavors of loving-kindness in this insightful podcast. Topics include using mantra for loving-kindness, metta as a tool for concentration, and different ways metta can be applied in meditation. Goldstein also discusses the unconditional quality of metta and leads a guided metta practice to cultivate well-wishing.
Mar 28, 2024 • 27min
Ep. 196 – Guided Meditation: Busy Life, No-Self
Meditation teacher Joseph Goldstein guides listeners in breaking identification with the body and self through short meditations. Topics include accessing deep meditative states, observing sounds and the 'knowing', experiencing bodily sensations, watching thoughts arise, and choosing helpful thoughts.
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Mar 20, 2024 • 1h 2min
Ep. 195 – Approaching Suffering without Reactivity
Joseph Goldstein delves into staying open to global challenges, using compassion to approach suffering without reactivity. He explores equanimity, reframing difficult experiences, and accepting feelings to liberate ourselves through impermanence. The podcast emphasizes the interconnectedness of human experiences and the significance of responding to suffering with empathy and compassion.
