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Ambivalence, Part II
A Talk by Phillip Moffitt
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Through the cultivation of mindfulness, we can learn to be with our ambivalence in a skillful manner rather than focus on solving the underlying dilemma. We attune to our mind, heart, and intuition for insight and examine our passivity to discern whether it is skillful or unskillful. When we act, we do so in a manner whereby we are not defined by the ambivalence and then reflect on how we can live skillfully with our decision.
Date of talk: August 9, 2009
Length: 68 minutes
Home Practice:
Notice your reaction when people are ambivalent to you.
Notice when someone you care about is ambivalent, in general.
Practice finding resolve around something you're ambivalent about that's small:
Some issue or aspect of your life that's not too charged.
Practice making a resolve around that issue, as described in the talk.
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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