The Heart of Light Podcast

Mike’s Dharma Talk, 2019.11.04

This is my dharma talk from the East Bay Healing Collective on November 4, 2019, about what the Dalai Lama calls “destructive emotions,” emotions that distort our picture of reality.  In particular, internal emotional pain creates a narratives that often runs counter to the truth of who we really are.  What medicine can Buddhism offer in this situation? 

This is the quote sheet for the talk.  

Mike’s Dharma Talk, 2019.10.28

This is my dharma talk from the East Bay Healing Collective on October 28, 2019, about facing fears.  In the season that presents the illusion of goblins, do we have the courage to look at the difficult questions that our own authenticity presents to us?  Do we have the courage to face our own monsters within?  This talk fell a few days before the Celtic holiday of Samhain.  

This is the quote sheet for the talk.  

Mike’s Dharma Talk, 2019.10.21

This is my dharma talk from the East Bay Healing Collective on October 21, 2019, about defenses.  What are the many ways that we walk around defended against Life, rather than opening our hearts to the world? In what ways are we more interested in protecting ourselves that in opening to life, love, and healing?  How can we find the resilience to open more?     

This is the quote sheet for the talk.  

Mike’s Dharma Talk, 2019.10.14

This is my dharma talk from the East Bay Healing Collective on October 14, 2019, about relaxing into Life.  When we relax, we are able to access our well-bring and our innate wisdom.  What permissions do we give ourselves around relaxing?  Can we only relax when life is good, or can we relax into disappointment, grief, and anger as well?   

This is the quote sheet for the talk.  

     

Mike’s Dharma Talk, 2019.10.07

This is my dharma talk from the East Bay Healing Collective on October 7, 2019, about shame—the far-reaching effects of this universally felt emotion and what the medicine of Buddhism offers to heal it.  

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Mike’s Dharma Talk, 2019.09.30

This is my dharma talk from the East Bay Healing Collective on September 30, 2019, about anger.  How does Buddhism help us honor the wisdom of this oft maligned emotion while minimizing the less skillful expressions of it?  How can we us anger as a path toward our core vulnerability?     

This is the quote sheet for the talk.  

 

Mike’s Dharma Talk, 2019.09.23

This is my dharma talk from the East Bay Healing Collective on September 23, 2019, about facing the unknown.  How does Buddhism wisdom support us when we have to peer into darkness in our lives?  This talk occurred on the day of the Autumnal Equinox.

This is the quote sheet for the talk.  

Mike’s Dharma Talk, 2019.09.16

This is my dharma talk from the East Bay Healing Collective on September 16, 2019, about heartbreak and the medicine Buddhism offers to heal it.  How does Buddhism wisdom open the juicy possibility of loving as if you’ve never been hurt?    

This is the quote sheet for the talk.  

Mike’s Dharma Talk, 2019.09.09

This is my dharma talk from the East Bay Healing Collective on September 9, 2019, about the Buddhist perspective on nostalgia and our memories.   What part do these precious parts of our past play in our ongoing spiritual work? 

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Mike’s Dharma Talk, 2019.09.02

This is my dharma talk from the East Bay Healing Collective on September 2, 2019, about courage—the courage to be true to yourself, the courage to be vulnerable, the courage required for intimacy, and the courage to show up in Life and be seen for who you are. 

This is the quote sheet for the talk.