Episodes
Monday Feb 05, 2024
Mike’s Dharma Talk, 2024.02.05
Monday Feb 05, 2024
Monday Feb 05, 2024
This is my dharma talk on February 5, 2024, about Radical Self-Responsibility. What does it mean to take deep responsibility for how we feel and for our emotional states? How do we embrace responsibility for our boundaries and for how others impact us? Why is it that we cannot find the rich satisfaction that we seek and that we intuitively know we deserve unless we make the decision to grow up fully in life?
This is the quote sheet for the talk.
Monday Jan 29, 2024
Mike’s Dharma Talk, 2024.01.29
Monday Jan 29, 2024
Monday Jan 29, 2024
This is my dharma talk on January 29, 2024, about the Archetypal Feminine. How deeply and how well do we receive life? What is our relationship to flow? How do we understand our place in the interconnection of all things? This talk fell during the week of the Celtic holiday of Imbolg.
This is the quote sheet for the talk.
Monday Jan 22, 2024
Mike’s Dharma Talk, 2024.01.22
Monday Jan 22, 2024
Monday Jan 22, 2024
This is my dharma talk on January 22, 2024, about the Buddhist path to facing difficulties. What is our attitude toward difficulties? Do we recognize the futility of playing the blame game? What would it look like to embrace deep responsibility in our lives?
This is the quote sheet for the talk.
This is the blog article quoted in the talk.
Monday Jan 15, 2024
Mike’s Dharma Talk, 2024.01.15
Monday Jan 15, 2024
Monday Jan 15, 2024
This is my dharma talk on January 15, 2024, about the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr’s Letter from a Birmingham Jail. How just and fair are the “rules” that we follow and that we use to judge others, especially when we’re upset? In what ways are we merely lukewarm in our commitment to what we know is right? How much are we willing to embrace being extreme in the pursuit of what we know is for the highest good?
This is the quote sheet for the talk.
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.
Monday Jan 01, 2024
Mike’s Dharma Talk, 2024.01.01
Monday Jan 01, 2024
Monday Jan 01, 2024
This is my dharma talk on January 1, 2024, about commitment. What are the tangible self-care practices, if any, that you practice every single day without fail? Why do we expect rigorous commitment from romantic others, but can manifest nothing like that level of commitment toward ourselves? How is commitment the doorway to our freedom?
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 18, 2023
Mike’s Dharma Talk, 2023.12.18
Monday Dec 18, 2023
Monday Dec 18, 2023
This is my dharma talk on December 18, 2023, about joy. What does it mean to say that we are responsible for our own joy? What does it mean to trust the joy at the core of our being? What are the practical steps we can take to cultivate joy in our life?
This is the quote sheet for the talk.
Monday Dec 11, 2023
Mike’s Dharma Talk, 2023.12.11
Monday Dec 11, 2023
Monday Dec 11, 2023
This is my dharma talk on December 11, 2023, about inner peace. What is the relationship of mental discipline and inner peace? What is the relationship of responsibility and inner peace? How is letting go at many levels essential to inner peace?
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.