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A Year of Dancing with Life - 52 Teachings from Phillip Moffitt

Starting Over Week  27

As one who knows clinging and non-clinging, you have the capability right now, despite all your imperfections, to let loose of clinging in this moment, even if in the very next moment you contract all over again. It doesn’t matter how long you have been lost in clinging, once you become mindful of what you are doing, you simply start over with letting loose because you have the confidence that you can do so.  

Dancing with Life, Chapter 11, p. 119

For your reflection: Become someone who knows clinging and non-clinging by asking yourself at least three times an hour, “Am I clinging to something in this moment?” Look carefully because sometimes the clinging is subtle. Then see if you can let loose of the clinging. Beware of falling into judging mind. 

© Phillip Moffitt 2012

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Phillip Moffitt

At the peak of his career, former CEO and Editor-in-chief of Esquire magazine, Phillip Moffitt, traded in his worldly aspirations to explore the inner life. He subsequently founded the Life Balance Institute and now teaches vipassana meditation with an emphasis on living the dharma in daily life. Phillip is a co-guiding teacher at Spirit Rock Meditation Center and the author of Dancing with Life. 

 
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