Illuminating different ways to free the mind, Joseph Goldstein integrates relative and ultimate truth, revealing the emptiness of thoughts. This time on Insight Hour, Joseph Goldstein discusses: - Integrating the elements of both relative and ultimate truth in our lives - The natural compassion that emerges when we let go of self-identification - Why our perception of reality isn’t always reliable or accurate - Our attachment to the pleasant and aversion to the unpleasant - Considering if the mind can remain unafflicted while the body is suffering - Shifting awareness from what we want to how the wanting mind feels - Our capability to train the mind in a way that leads to greater freedom - Letting thoughts arise without interference or judgment - Developing nonreactivity through seeing how quickly thoughts arise and pass - Realizing that the past and future are only constructs of the mind This talk was originally published on Dharmaseed “Our only experience of the past and future is as a thought in the mind. This is tremendously liberating to see because most of us carry the concepts of the past and future as a huge burden in our lives. All the worries, anxieties, hopes, fears—all of those are arising because we’re not seeing that they’re just concepts.” –Joseph Goldstein ================ Joseph Goldstein On Integrating Relative & Ultimate Truth In Our Lives | Insight Hour Ep. 253 - https://youtu.be/J1Fwi16T7c0 ================ Make sure not to miss a single video podcast from Be Here Now Network! Click here to Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCc1lvEoC5PZWm-MzgUfJQfg Follow Be Here Now Network: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BeHereNowNetwork Twitter: https://twitter.com/beherenownet Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/beherenownetwork ================ Be Here Now Network Podcasts, Courses, and Articles to help you live a Life in Balance. Heart-Centered wisdom from Ram Dass, Jack Kornfield, Sharon Salzberg, Krishna Das + many more! Get a Free Guided Meditation from Sharon Salzberg when you first sign up at: https://beherenownetwork.com/