The Heart of Light Podcast

Mike’s Dharma Talk, 2020.01.27

This is my dharma talk from the East Bay Healing Collective on January 27, 2020, about the Sacred Feminine.  How does our experience of the sacred change when we view it as feminine?  What are the inherent strengths associated with the archetypal feminine?  This talk fell during the week of the Celtic holiday of Imbolg, February 1.  

This is the quote sheet for the talk.  

Mike’s Dharma Talk, 2020.01.20

This is my dharma talk from the East Bay Healing Collective on January 20, 2020, identity in discomfort.  How are we when we are challenged, and how does this differ from who we are when we are calm?  Do we allow difficult moments to bring out the best in us?  How can we better rise to the challenges that we face?  

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Mike’s Dharma Talk, 2020.01.13

This is my dharma talk from the East Bay Healing Collective on January 13, 2020, about happiness.  In what ways do we settle for a diminished understanding of the word “happiness”? In what ways do we confuse it with poor substitutes, such as excitement?  In what ways does Buddhism present a comprehensive plan for achieving happiness in this life?   

This is the quote sheet for the talk.  

Mike’s Dharma Talk, 2020.01.06

This is my dharma talk from the East Bay Healing Collective on January 6, 2020, about encountering the Sacred in our lives.  What “star” do we follow in our journey?  In what ways do we make a gift of ourselves to the Sacred and to all of Life?  This talk fell on the Christian Feast of the Epiphany, the traditional end of the Christmas season.   

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Mike’s Dharma Talk, 2019.12.16

This is my dharma talk from the East Bay Healing Collective on December 16, 2019, about Muladhara, the First Chakra.  Are you fully here, in your life and in this world?  Do you occupy your body fully?  Do you occupy your emotions and your vulnerability fully?  How powerfully do you arrive in the present moment?  This was the last in a series of three talks about the three lower chakras.   

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Mike’s Dharma Talk, 2019.12.09

This is my dharma talk from the East Bay Healing Collective on December 9, 2019, about Svadisthana, the Second Chakra.  What is your relationship to pleasure?  How comfortable are you with feeling all your feelings?  with fully inhabiting your own body? How much can you let go and be in the flow of life?    This was the second in a series of three talks about the three lower chakras.    

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Mike’s Dharma Talk, 2019.12.02

This is my dharma talk from the East Bay Healing Collective on December 2, 2019, about Manipura, the Third Chakra.  What is your relationship to your personal power and what are the ways in which you give your power away?  Does your “yes” mean “yes” and your “no” mean “no”?  Do you keep good boundaries?  This was the first in a series of three talks about the three lower chakras.    

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Mike’s Dharma Talk, 2019.11.25

This is my dharma talk from the East Bay Healing Collective on November 25, 2019, about gratitude.  How does the transformative practice of gratitude have the power to reshape our entire experience of life and the world?    

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Mike’s Dharma Talk, 2019.11.18

This is my dharma talk from the East Bay Healing Collective on November 18, 2019, about the seven chakras.  What does it mean to occupy the entire body? What does it mean to feel everything we can possibly feel?  What does it mean to embrace fully the vulnerability of being really here and alive in this world?   

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Mike’s Dharma Talk, 2019.11.11

This is my dharma talk from the East Bay Healing Collective on November 11, 2019, about vulnerability—how does this virtue open us up to everything precious, juicy, and meaningful in human connections?   How does dropping deeper and deeper into vulnerability open up the richness of the experience of being fully alive? 

This is the quote sheet for the talk.