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Ambiguity, Part II
A Talk by Phillip Moffitt
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Ambiguity stems from many sources, including childhood and adolescent experiences. Exploring our ambiguity can lead us to deeper self-understanding. While ambiguity is sometimes positive, when it is disproportionate to a situation, it can be a hindrance to the mind and limits us.
Date of talk: August 30, 2009
Length: 62 minutes
Home Practice:
Look at the psychological relationship you have with ambiguity.
Do you use it as a marker? Do you notice it as a signal?
Can you take it as a message?
Have there been times in your life when it has been a message?
Is there a relationship between your ambiguity and fear?
What is that relationship? Is there resistance in some area of your life that you haven't noticed as "resistance" because you've been so ambiguous around that area?
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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