4 Quotes & Sayings By Joseph Goldstein

Joseph Goldstein is the author of the New York Times bestselling book, The Voice of Reason: Overcoming Religious and Spiritual Distress. He is the founder of the Insight Meditation Society in Barre, Massachusetts, which has more than 500 meditators each week. He is also a longtime teacher at Spirit Rock Meditation Center in Woodacre, California. A former Buddhist monk, he was ordained as a Zen priest in Japan, where he also lived for seven years.

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When the momentum of mindfulness is well developed, it works like a boomerang; even if we want to distract ourselves, the mind naturally rebounds to a state of awareness. Joseph Goldstein
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The tremendous danger is that this belief - that genuine happiness comes only from pleasant feelings - becomes a strong motivation to stay closed to anything unpleasant. But by staying closed to all unpleasantness, we also stay closed to our own wellspring of compassion. Joseph Goldstein
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Guilt is a manifestation of condemnation or aversion towards oneself, which does not understand the changing transformative quality of mind.' Seeking the Heart of Wisdom Joseph Goldstein