The Heart of Light Podcast

Mike’s Dharma Talk, 2019.06.10

This is my dharma talk from the East Bay Healing Collective on June 10, 2019, about what Christianity calls the “Fruit of the Holy Spirit,” nine qualities that have significant overlap with the paramitas and similar Buddhist values.   This talk occurred on Whitsuntide Monday, the day after Pentecost.      

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Mike’s Dharma Talk, 2019.06.03

This is my dharma talk from the East Bay Healing Collective on June 3, 2019, about hearing the Call of the Sacred in our lives, about discerning and living out our vocation.  This dharma talk came right after the end of Ramadan, when the Prophet heard the call of the Angel Jibril.           

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Mike’s Dharma Talk, 2019.05.27

This is my dharma talk from the East Bay Healing Collective on May 27, 2019, Memorial Day, about the role of memory in spiritual life, about how the act of remembering and recollecting the principles by which we strive to live allow us to re-collect, re-member, and reconstitute our fragmented selves into our deep archetypal wholeness.              

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Mike’s Dharma Talk, 2019.05.20

This is my dharma talk from the East Bay Healing Collective on May 20, 2019, about what psychologists call “cognitive distortions.”  How does this category of emotional charged expectations distort your view of Life?  What would it mean to see Life with clear eyes?           

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Mike’s Dharma Talk, 2019.05.13

This is my dharma talk from the East Bay Healing Collective on May 13, 2019, about self-love and self-compassion.  What would it mean to view one’s self with all the compassion, kindness, and respect that you have for all the other people worthy of love in your life?       

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Mike’s Dharma Talk, 2019.05.06

This is my dharma talk from the East Bay Healing Collective on May 6, 2019, about healing into Life.  What would it mean to participate in Life deeply, to taste it fully, rather than being a mere spectator of Life going by?     

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Mike’s Dharma Talk, 2019.04.29

This is my dharma talk from the East Bay Healing Collective on April 29, 2019, about showing up in life and being seen.  What would it mean to step forward courageously in your life, showing up fully for the world to see? This dharma talk is inspired by the Celtic holiday of Beltaine, which occurs 4/30-5/1.  

When Death Comes, Mary Oliver 

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Mike’s Dharma Talk, 2019.04.22

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?     

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Mike’s Dharma Talk, 2019.04.15

This is my dharma talk from the East Bay Healing Collective on April 15, 2019, about the mystery of sacrifice and bliss, the dynamics of moving past the bounds of ego toward our true longing.  

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Mike’s Dharma Talk, 2019.04.08

This is my dharma talk from the East Bay Healing Collective on April 8, 2019, about the importance of feedback, both being open to all the feedback we get from others and from life and even actively seeking out feedback, especially that which we do not want to hear.  

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