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Judging, Comparing, and Fixing
A Talk by Phillip Moffitt
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How we meet each moment determines our well-being. But when we are caught in judging, comparing, or fixing, our worldview contracts and we have fewer options for responding to the present moment. Developing awareness of when we are caught in judging, comparing, or fixing frees us from our compulsive behaviors, which cause us suffering, and retrains our nervous system.
Date of talk: October 18, 2009
Length: 55 minutes
Home Practice:
Notice what is true.
Connect to your felt sense of judging or comparing or trying to fix.
Sustain your attention on this.
Fully receive it.
Continue to explore and investigate what these mind states feel like and how they feel in the body.
Do this with equanimity.
Always support your exploration and endeavor with loving kindness and compassion.
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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