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Working with Personal Defeat
A Talk by Phillip Moffitt
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This talk specifically looks at personal defeat in your life. This could be a past or present situation in which you had the capacity to bring about a desired outcome but were unable to do so. Moffitt describes four stages in working with personal defeat and suggests that working with such defeats can offer a rich harvest.
Date of talk: April 10, 2005
Length: 57 minutes
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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Buddhist Insights for Finding Meaning and Joy in Everyday Life
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