Episodes
Monday Apr 08, 2024
Mike’s Dharma Talk, 2024.04.08
Monday Apr 08, 2024
Monday Apr 08, 2024
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.
This is the quote sheet for the talk.
Monday Mar 25, 2024
Mike’s Dharma Talk, 2024.03.25
Monday Mar 25, 2024
Monday Mar 25, 2024
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?
This is the quote sheet for the talk.
Thursday Mar 14, 2024
Mike’s Dharma Talk, 2024.03.11
Thursday Mar 14, 2024
Thursday Mar 14, 2024
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?
Monday Jan 08, 2024
Mike’s Dharma Talk, 2024.01.08
Monday Jan 08, 2024
Monday Jan 08, 2024
This is my dharma talk on January 8, 2024, about starting a meditation practice. What does it mean to commit to meditation? What are the predictable challenges to this commitment that we should expect? What does it mean to trust our capacity for growth?
This is the quote sheet for the talk.
Tuesday Dec 26, 2023
Mike’s Dharma Talk, 2023.12.26
Tuesday Dec 26, 2023
Tuesday Dec 26, 2023
This is my dharma talk on December 26, 2023, about loving the outcast. What is our relationship to people we avoid and/or consider our enemies? What are the parts of life that we completely reject or avoid? Do we have the courage to give a bold YES to absolutely everything that we are, including the places we have long avoided or neglected?
This is the quote sheet for the talk.
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 30, 2023
Mike’s Dharma Talk, 2023.10.30
Monday Oct 30, 2023
Monday Oct 30, 2023
This is my dharma talk from the East Bay Healing Collective on October 30, 2023, about the relating with the Unconscious. What is our relationship to control? How deeply do we listen to ourselves? How responsible are we for our projections? This talk fell days before the Celtic holiday Samhain.
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.