Ep. 198 – Facing Our Fears

Insight Hour with Joseph Goldstein · Apr 25, 2024 · 1h 1m

Joseph Goldstein discusses how working with fear is absolutely essential in our practice of understanding, opening, and accepting.

This 1983 dharma talk was originally published on Dharmaseed.

This week on Insight Hour, Joseph Goldstein teaches us about:

Releasing tension through awareness

The body as an energy system

Opening up to the Buddha nature

Working with fear and emotional pain

Resistance and unwillingness to be uncomfortable

Becoming open to pain and discomfort

Insecurity and the fear of being judged

How the fear of feeling certain emotions keeps us bound to negative habits

How…