Ep. 257 – Releasing the Knower: Equanimity and Awareness

Joseph Goldstein discusses equanimity and how to remove the self from the knowing, effectively freeing ourselves from identification with awareness. This episode is brought to you by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/insighthour and get on your way to being your best self. This time on Insight Hour, Joseph Goldstein mindfully explores: Thoughts as passing phenomena that do not truly belong to anyone Seeing all experiences as the simultaneous arising of both knowing and object Letting go of our identification with knowing and awareness Shifting from active voice to passive voice as a mindfulness practice The near enemies of the mental qualities listed in the Brahmaviharas Equanimity and holding all things equally, seeing things for what they are The difference between impartiality and indifference, openness versus carelessness Navigating the complexity of our lives through the balance of compassion and equanimity Maintaining an interest in exploring rather than relying on our preconceptions about people and situations This episode was recorded at the Insight Meditation Society Forest Refuge and originally published on Dharmaseed “When you look for the mind there’s nothing to find and the not finding is the finding. It’s to see that there is nothing to find and when there is nothing to find, there is nothing to identify with.” –Joseph Goldstein See Privacy Policy at and California Privacy Notice at .

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Ep. 257 – Releasing the Knower: Equanimity and Awareness is an episode from Insight Hour with Joseph Goldstein by Be Here Now Network.

This episode is 00:32:47 long.

This episode was published on Jan 8, 2026.

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