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Ambiguity, Part I
A Talk by Phillip Moffitt
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Our inability to comprehend clearly the way things are can cause suffering for ourselves and others. It can show up in our communications, in our relationships, and in our spiritual practice. Ambiguity can also be internal or external. As we become more mindful and tolerant of our ambiguity, we may find more clarity and experience less ambivalence.
Date of talk: August 23, 2009
Length: 68 minutes
Home Practice:
1. Notice when ambiguity arises.
2. When you experience ambiguity, what happens in your body? Explore and get to know this feeling so that the next time you feel it in your body, you can know that it's ambiguity.
3. See if you can differentiate between ambivalence and ambiguity in your own experience in daily life.
4. Do a reflection and name for yourself an area of your life where ambiguity is the dominant experience: Where is the ambiguity so strong that it would be proper to name it "dominating ambiguity" or "limiting ambiguity"?
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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