All the Joy | The Sangha UK #22 | 1.5.22

The Sangha discuss not identifying with the ups and downs of practice and other hindrances.

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00:00:00 Music; perseverance; natural talent; joy

00:06:16 Doubt, failure, and finding a flicker

00:14:42 Everyone faces the rough and the smooth; seeing the disappointment as separate 

00:24:12 Thoughts and feelings are not you; investigating the body

00:29:49 Struggling and seeing the struggle

00:35:54 It’s always success to be in the moment; you’re not missing anything

00:39:05 Discounting success and claiming the negative as you

00:44:18 Hindrances as a physical obstacle

00:48:32 Laughter works; is this so bad?

00:53:04 Practicing within a dream

00:59:35 Reflecting on the five hindrances

01:08:31 Satori, mini-satoris, openness to change