The Heart of Light Podcast

Mike’s Dharma Talk, 2021.08.09

This is my dharma talk from the East Bay Healing Collective on August 9, 2021, about deep belonging. How do we feel more at home in our bodies, in our emotions, and in the world? How do we cultivate deep belonging in our bodies as an invitation to ourselves and others? How do we expand the circle of our belonging to include all of life?

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Mike’s Dharma Talk, 2021.08.02

This is my dharma talk from the East Bay Healing Collective on August 2, 2021, about the archetypal masculine.  We hear a lot about toxic masculinity, but what does healthy life-affirming masculinity look like? What are the noble qualities of the masculine that enliven and affirm others? How can all people draw more deeply on the healing energies of the archetypal masculine?  This talk will occur the day after the Celtic holiday Lughnasa.

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Mike’s Dharma Talk, 2021.07.26

This is my dharma talk from the East Bay Healing Collective on July 26, 2021, about desires and needs.  The Middle Way exhorts us to avoid the snares of desires but to attend to our true needs.  What are our true needs?  How does desire distort our perception of our needs? How do we develop the discernment to know our true needs?

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Mike’s Dharma Talk, 2021.07.19

This is my Dharma Talk from July 19, 2021 about mindfulness.  How does mindfulness unlock the magic of the world? How does mindfulness open us to a more vivid experience of life itself? How does the practice of mindfulness align us with who we really are?  

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Mike’s Dharma Talk, 2021.07.12

This is my dharma talk from the East Bay Healing Collective on July 12, 2021, about the Bodhisattva Vows.  What invitation does the idea of a Bodhisattva offer to us?  What deep values do these vows embody? How can working with these vows be a tool of transformation for us?

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Mike’s Dharma Talk, 2021.07.05

This is my dharma talk from the East Bay Healing Collective on July 5, 2021, about our divided country.  What inner work can we do to bring healing to the ideological divisions in our country?  How do we give our power away?  How can we embody an invitational way of being?   This talk took place on the Monday immediately following Independence Day.

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Mike’s Dharma Talk, 2021.06.28

This is my dharma talk from the East Bay Healing Collective on June 28, 2021, about the spiritual foundations of the United States of America. What is the intimate spiritual invitation implicit in the original American ideals? What spiritual challenges are contained in the Great Seal of the United States?  What is the deep mystical truth of E Pluribus, Unum? This talk took place on the Monday before Independence Day.

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Mike’s Dharma Talk, 2021.06.21

This is my dharma talk from the East Bay Healing Collective on June 21, 2021, about impermanence.  How do we find grounding and balance amid the waxing and waning of what we value?  How do we live in joy while constantly letting go? How do we generate compassion for the ever-changing nature of self and others?

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Mike’s Dharma Talk, 2021.06.14

This is my dharma talk from the East Bay Healing Collective on June 14, 2021, about inner wildness.  How do we relate well to the untamed qualities of our being?  What distinguishes life-affirming self-control from neurotic over-control?  How can a conscious relationship to our wild animal energies enrich our life and our practice with deeper vitality?

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Mike’s Dharma Talk, 2021.06.07

This is my dharma talk from the East Bay Healing Collective on June 7, 2021, about presence.  What does it mean to show up fully?  How do we arrive more abundantly in our own bodies here and now?  How do we taste life in the present moment more completely? 

This is the quote sheet for the talk.