Episodes
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 Sep 06, 2021
Title: Mike’s Dharma Talk, 2021.09.06
Monday Sep 06, 2021
Monday Sep 06, 2021
This is my dharma talk from the East Bay Healing Collective on September 6, 2021, about the ideal of the spiritual warrior. How much self-discipline do you bring to your personal growth work? How courageously do you face yourself? How truthful are you with yourself?
This is the quote sheet for the talk.
Monday Apr 26, 2021
Mike’s Dharma Talk, 2021.04.26
Monday Apr 26, 2021
Monday Apr 26, 2021
This is my dharma talk from the East Bay Healing Collective on April 26, 2021, about the unsettling quality of the Sacred. How attached are we to who we think we are? What are the intuitions about our greatness that we dread or seek to avoid? What do the chaotic and uncontrollable aspects of Life reflect to us about who we really are? This talk took place in the week leading up to the Celtic holiday of Beltaine.
This is the quote sheet for the talk.
This is the painting cited.
This is the poem quoted.
Monday Feb 08, 2021
Mike’s Dharma Talk, 2021.02. 08
Monday Feb 08, 2021
Monday Feb 08, 2021
This is my dharma talk from the East Bay Healing Collective on February 8, 2021, about the Chinese Bagua system, which arises from the Yijing and underlies Fengshui. Confucius’s commentaries on the Bagua elucidate a template for working with the overwhelming energies that can be released in healing and in spiritual practice: in its rich symbolism, it provides a powerful map for healing trauma.
This is the quote sheet for the talk.
This is the slideshow used in the talk.
This is a video of the talk.
Monday Feb 01, 2021
Mike’s Dharma Talk, 2021.02. 01
Monday Feb 01, 2021
Monday Feb 01, 2021
This is my dharma talk from the East Bay Healing Collective on February 1, 2021, about the power of yin. What is the deep strength that superficially looks like weakness? How do we catalyze the emergence of our own power by cultivating deeper levels of acceptance, surrender, and allowing? How do we activate the transformative power of sacrifice & bliss within us? This talk occurred on the Celtic holiday of Imbolg.
This is the yin/yang sheet.
This is the quote sheet for the talk.
Monday Aug 03, 2020
Mike’s Dharma Talk, 2020.08.03
Monday Aug 03, 2020
Monday Aug 03, 2020
This is my dharma talk from the East Bay Healing Collective on July 27, 2020, about the archetypal masculine. What are the key differences between toxic vs. healthy masculinity? What is the wisdom of the masculine, and how can we all benefit from drawing on that wisdom from within? How do embracing the wisdom of the masculine and feminine lead to our true nature? This sangha will occur two days after the Celtic holiday of Lughnasa, an ancient celebration of the archetypal masculine.
This is the quote sheet for the talk.
Monday Apr 22, 2019
Mike’s Dharma Talk, 2019.04.22
Monday Apr 22, 2019
Monday Apr 22, 2019
This is my dharma talk from the East Bay Healing Collective on April 22, 2019, about resilience. How can we draw on a deep source of resilience to bear us up in the face of life’s challenges?
This is the quote sheet for the talk.