Dancing with Life, Phillip Moffitt
Dancing with Life, Phillip Moffitt
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Dancing with Life
Buddhist Insights for Finding Meaning and Joy in the Face of Suffering

Author: Phillip Moffitt

Narrator: Fred Stella

Unabridged: 9 hr 34 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/07/2014

Synopsis

Why do we suffer? Is there a purpose to our pain? Noting that human beings have wrestled with such questions for thousands of years, Phillip Moffitt has found answers for his own life in Buddhist philosophy and meditation. Reflecting on his own journey from Esquire magazine editor-in-chief to Buddhist meditation teacher, Moffitt provides a fresh perspective on the Buddha's ancient wisdom, showing how to move from suffering to new awareness and unanticipated joy.In this deeply spiritual audiobook that is sure to become a Buddhist classic, Moffitt explores the twelve insights that underlie the Buddha's core teaching—the Four Noble Truths—and uses these often neglected ideas to guide readers to a more meaningful relationship to suffering. Moffitt write: "These twelve insights teach you to dance with both the joy and pain, finding peace in a balanced mind and calm spirit. As the most specific, practical life instructions I have ever encountered, they serve as an invaluable tool for anyone who seeks a life filled with meaning and well-being." Practicing these twelve insights, as Moffitt suggests, will help listeners experience life's difficulties without being filled with stress and anguish, and they will enhance their moments of happiness.With engaging writing and a strong message of self-empowerment, Dancing with Life offers a prescriptive path for finding joy and peace that will appeal to meditation students and readers of "Dharma Wisdom," Moffitt's column in Yoga Journal, as well as anyone searching for a more authentic life.

About Phillip Moffitt

Formerly owner and editor-in-chief of Esquire magazine, Phillip Moffitt is founder and director of the Life Balance Institute, a nationally renowned meditation teacher, and co-guiding teacher at Spirit Rock Meditation Center in Northern California. He is also the author of Dancing with Life.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Mara on June 21, 2017

It's because of this book that sometimes, when I'm sitting in traffic and the person behind me is honking as if we aren't all trying to move forward I'll (somewhat glibly) say "Thank you for this opportunity to embody suffering!" And, you know what? At least it makes me laugh for a second, and I kin......more

Goodreads review by LA on April 11, 2009

I have already read this book once in the last 6 months. I am almost finished with my second read through. Hard to put into words. It has changed my life.......more

Goodreads review by Trent on May 18, 2015

Very easy and enjoyable journey through the process of mindfulness and the basics of Buddhism.......more

Goodreads review by Sheeraz on April 30, 2024

A beautiful interpretation of the Four Noble Truths, each with three insights with an easy to follow organization, and a lot of pointers for enriching one's mindfulness practice. The Four Noble Truths serve as a framework for understanding suffering, and while there's no quick fix, they lay out a pa......more

Goodreads review by Esra on July 10, 2012

"...early on the ego complex is presented with an incedibly confounding realization - that it and the body it identifies with are vulnerable to all sorts of harm and that its ability to protect itself is limited. The ego reacts to its real and imagined limitations by falling into worry and lamentati......more

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