The Heart of Light Podcast

Mike’s Dharma Talk, 2024.05.20

This is my dharma talk on May 20, 2024, about Impermanence. How do we see through our many illusions of permanence? What does impermanence imply how our personalities change throughout our life? How deeply do we acknowledge the profound fragility and vulnerability of human life?

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Mike’s Dharma Talk, 2024.05.13

This is my dharma talk on May 13, 2024, about the Drawing Power of Love. How comfortable are you in allowing love to draw you into emotional intimacy? How do we work with the magnetic pull of our own wholeness? How do we cultivate the experience of Archetypal Love? This Dharma talk fell in the week before the Christian holy day of Pentecost.

This is the quote sheet for the talk. 

Mike’s Dharma Talk, 2024.05.06

This is my dharma talk on May 6, 2024, about Saying Yes to Life. How heavily do you lean on excuses in your life? How willing are we to experience the full spectrum and depth of all our emotions? What are we willing to risk in order to experience the bliss at the center of our being? This Dharma talk fell a couple days after the Celtic holiday of Beltaine.

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Mike’s Dharma Talk, 2024.04.22

This is my dharma talk on April 22, 2024, about Story Stewardship. How deeply do you treasure the stories of those dear to you? In what ways are the stories that you tell yourself holding you back or keeping you small? Where did we find the stories that call forth our deeper strength and wisdom?   This was the final in a series of three Dharma talks about Brené Brown’s Theory of Cultivating Meaningful Connection.

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Mike’s Dharma Talk, 2024.04.15

This is my dharma talk on April 15, 2024, about the Courage to Walk Alongside. How well do you respect your own boundaries and the boundaries of others? How much do you focus on how you can empower others? How attentive are you that all the aspects that make a relationship thrive?  This was the second in a series of three Dharma talks about Brené Brown’s Theory of Cultivating Meaningful Connection.

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Mike’s Dharma Talk, 2024.04.08

This is my dharma talk on April 8, 2024, about Grounded Confidence. How deeply have you arrived in yourself? How rigorously honest are you with yourself? How fully do you accept the totality of who you are? This was the first in a series of three Dharma talks about Brené Brown’s Theory of Cultivating Meaningful Connection.

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Mike’s Dharma Talk, 2024.04.01

This is my dharma talk on April 1, 2024, about Facing Difficult Truths. How open and undefended are we in the face of feedback? How do we expand our emotional capacity? How rigorously honest are we with ourselves?

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Mike’s Dharma Talk, 2024.03.25

This is my dharma talk on March 25, 2024, about Surrender. Why do we cling so tenaciously to the illusion of control? How is letting go conducive to our growth, joy, and freedom? How do we learn to trust the deeper and wiser forces that govern our destiny?

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Mike’s Dharma Talk, 2024.03.11

This is my dharma talk on March 11, 2024, about Self-Love. Why is one's level of self-love such an important issue in all areas of one's life? What is the relationship of self-love and self-discipline? How does the path of self-love involve embracing the paradoxes of healing?

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Mike’s Dharma Talk, 2024.03.04

This is my dharma talk on March 4, 2024, about being a Spiritual Warrior. How deep is the strength of your discipline? How courageous are you in facing yourself? How fiercely do you pursue what you know is best for you?

This is the quote sheet for the talk.