The Heart of Light Podcast

Mike’s Dharma Talk, 2023.12.18

This is my dharma talk on December 18, 2023, about joy. What does it mean to say that we are responsible for our own joy? What does it mean to trust the joy at the core of our being? What are the practical steps we can take to cultivate joy in our life?

This is the quote sheet for the talk. 

Mike’s Dharma Talk, 2023.12.11

This is my dharma talk on December 11, 2023, about inner peace. What is the relationship of mental discipline and inner peace? What is the relationship of responsibility and inner peace? How is letting go at many levels essential to inner peace?

This is the quote sheet for the talk. 

Mike’s Dharma Talk, 2023.12.04

This is my dharma talk on December 4, 2023, about Hope. How do we hope without falling into the trap of expectations? What does it mean to relate well to the unknown? How do we cultivate a deep sense of hope from our core?

This is the quote sheet for the talk.

Mike’s Dharma Talk, 2023.11.27

This is my dharma talk from the East Bay Healing Collective on November 27, 2023, about Perfection vs. Completion. How is perfectionism a no-win internal hell? What are the many dysfunctional forms of perfectionism? What is so healing about Jung’s contrasting idea of completion?

This is the quote sheet for the talk. 

Mike’s Dharma Talk, 2023.11.20

This is my dharma talk from the East Bay Healing Collective on November 20, 2023, about Gratitude. How is taking things for granted such a poison in spiritual life? How does Buddhism help us to appreciate the gift within each challenge? How does gratitude have the potential to fully transform our entire experience of life

This is the quote sheet for the talk.

Mike’s Dharma Talk, 2023.11.13

This is my dharma talk from the East Bay Healing Collective on November 13, 2023, about the Eightfold Noble Path.  To what are we prepared to commit ourselves in life? How intentional are we about how we talk, what we do, and how we move through the world? What is the typical quality of our attention in everyday life?

This is the quote sheet for the talk. 

Mike’s Dharma Talk, 2023.11.06

This is my dharma talk from the East Bay Healing Collective on November 6, 2023, about the Four Noble Truths.  What is our relationship to fantasy? How are we defended against life? How courageous are we in letting go?

This is the quote sheet for the talk. 

Mike’s Dharma Talk, 2023.10.30

This is my dharma talk from the East Bay Healing Collective on October 30, 2023, about the relating with the Unconscious.  What is our relationship to control? How deeply do we listen to ourselves? How responsible are we for our projections?  This talk fell days before the Celtic holiday Samhain. 

This is the quote sheet for the talk. 

Mike’s Dharma Talk, 2023.10.23

This is my dharma talk from the East Bay Healing Collective on October 23, 2023, about the Major Arcana of the Tarot as a path of healing.  What are the virtues that support the unfolding of the healing process? What do we risk about ourselves when we undertake healing? How does the healing process restore us to a deeper level of innocence?

This is the slideshow used in the talk.  

This is the quote sheet for the talk. 

Mike’s Dharma Talk, 2023.10.16

This is my dharma talk from the East Bay Healing Collective on October 16, 2023, about the book Dancing in the Flames.  How do we create our own reality?  How do we recognize and pursue the wisdom inside us? What leads us to our wholeness?

This is the quote sheet for the talk.