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Self-Discovery through Poetry
A Talk by Phillip Moffitt
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Poetry can stimulate self-reflection about how we relate to ourselves and to the challenges we face on our journey toward authenticity. Selections include poems by Walt Whitman, Mark Strand, Kabir, Wendell Berry, Tony Hoagland, Juan Ramon Jimenez, and Derek Walcott.
Date of talk: June 7, 2009
Length: 52 minutes
Home Practice:
List of Poems Explored at Sunday Sangha, June 7, 2009
The Country of Marriage (excerpt) by Wendell Berry
Self Portrait by David Whyte
Oceans by Juan Ramón Jiménez
Song of Myself (excerpt) by Walt Whitman
Patience by Tony Hoagland
Now Is the Time by Hafiz
Love After Love by Derek Walcott
Keeping Things Whole by Mark Strand
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.
Dancing with Life
Buddhist Insights for Finding Meaning and Joy in Everyday Life
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