Episodes
Monday Dec 04, 2023
Mike’s Dharma Talk, 2023.12.04
Monday Dec 04, 2023
Monday Dec 04, 2023
This is my dharma talk on December 4, 2023, about Hope. How do we hope without falling into the trap of expectations? What does it mean to relate well to the unknown? How do we cultivate a deep sense of hope from our core?
This is the quote sheet for the talk.
Monday Nov 27, 2023
Mike’s Dharma Talk, 2023.11.27
Monday Nov 27, 2023
Monday Nov 27, 2023
This is my dharma talk from the East Bay Healing Collective on November 27, 2023, about Perfection vs. Completion. How is perfectionism a no-win internal hell? What are the many dysfunctional forms of perfectionism? What is so healing about Jung’s contrasting idea of completion?
This is the quote sheet for the talk.
Monday Oct 23, 2023
Mike’s Dharma Talk, 2023.10.23
Monday Oct 23, 2023
Monday Oct 23, 2023
This is my dharma talk from the East Bay Healing Collective on October 23, 2023, about the Major Arcana of the Tarot as a path of healing. What are the virtues that support the unfolding of the healing process? What do we risk about ourselves when we undertake healing? How does the healing process restore us to a deeper level of innocence?
This is the slideshow used in the talk.
This is the quote sheet for the talk.
Monday Oct 16, 2023
Mike’s Dharma Talk, 2023.10.16
Monday Oct 16, 2023
Monday Oct 16, 2023
This is my dharma talk from the East Bay Healing Collective on October 16, 2023, about the book Dancing in the Flames. How do we create our own reality? How do we recognize and pursue the wisdom inside us? What leads us to our wholeness?
This is the quote sheet for the talk.
Monday Sep 25, 2023
Mike’s Dharma Talk, 2023.09.25
Monday Sep 25, 2023
Monday Sep 25, 2023
This is my dharma talk from the East Bay Healing Collective on September 25, 2023, about inner protection. What does the First Noble Truth imply about many of the kinds of protection we seek? What is the role of good boundaries in protecting ourselves? What is the true nature of inner protection? This talk will fall on the Monday before the Christian holiday of Michaelmas.
This is the quote sheet for the talk.
Monday Aug 28, 2023
Mike’s Dharma Talk, 2023.08.28
Monday Aug 28, 2023
Monday Aug 28, 2023
This is my dharma talk from the East Bay Healing Collective on August 28, 2023, about Antiracist Work as a Yoga. What are the characteristics of a yoga? What does Resmaa Menakem call the six intelligences of the body? How do we live out the magnanimous love at the core of the antiracist message? This talk fell on the 60th anniversary of Dr. King's “I Have a Dream” speech.
This is the quote sheet for the talk.
Monday Jul 17, 2023
Mike’s Dharma Talk, 2023.07.17
Monday Jul 17, 2023
Monday Jul 17, 2023
This is my dharma talk from the East Bay Healing Collective on July 17, 2023, about self-love. What are the misleading misconceptions about self-love? Why is self-love so difficult? Why is self-love essential for the spiritual path?
This is the quote sheet for the talk.
Monday Jul 03, 2023
Mike’s Dharma Talk, 2023.07.02
Monday Jul 03, 2023
Monday Jul 03, 2023
This is my dharma talk from the East Bay Healing Collective on July 2, 2023, about the spiritual foundations of America. What does it mean to be American? What does “pursing happiness” mean in the original sense? What wisdom teachings are contained in the Great Seal of the US? How do we align our personal spiritual work with the public good
This is the quote sheet for the talk.
Monday Jun 19, 2023
Mike’s Dharma Talk, 2023.06.19
Monday Jun 19, 2023
Monday Jun 19, 2023
This is my dharma talk from the East Bay Healing Collective on June 12, 2023, about abundance. How are we ultimately responsible for our own experience of scarcity? How is abundance about growing up? How do we open ourselves more fully to the Love that is greater than we ever could imagine?
This is the quote sheet for the talk.
Sunday May 28, 2023
Mike’s I-Revolution Dharma Talk, 2023.05.28
Sunday May 28, 2023
Sunday May 28, 2023
This is my dharma talk from the I-Revolution at East Bay Healing Collective on May 28, 2023, about memory. How do we work with the stories we tell ourselves? What kind of commitment do we have with ourselves? What does it mean to “remember” the part of us that is eternal?
This is the quote sheet for the talk.