Episodes
Monday Nov 27, 2023
Mike’s Dharma Talk, 2023.11.27
Monday Nov 27, 2023
Monday Nov 27, 2023
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.
Monday Nov 20, 2023
Mike’s Dharma Talk, 2023.11.20
Monday Nov 20, 2023
Monday Nov 20, 2023
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.
Monday Nov 13, 2023
Mike’s Dharma Talk, 2023.11.13
Monday Nov 13, 2023
Monday Nov 13, 2023
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.
Monday Nov 06, 2023
Mike’s Dharma Talk, 2023.11.06
Monday Nov 06, 2023
Monday Nov 06, 2023
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.
Monday Oct 30, 2023
Mike’s Dharma Talk, 2023.10.30
Monday Oct 30, 2023
Monday Oct 30, 2023
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.
Monday Oct 23, 2023
Mike’s Dharma Talk, 2023.10.23
Monday Oct 23, 2023
Monday Oct 23, 2023
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.
Monday Oct 16, 2023
Mike’s Dharma Talk, 2023.10.16
Monday Oct 16, 2023
Monday Oct 16, 2023
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.
Monday Oct 09, 2023
Mike’s Dharma Talk, 2023.10.09
Monday Oct 09, 2023
Monday Oct 09, 2023
This is my dharma talk from the East Bay Healing Collective on October 9, 2023, about deep belonging. How do societal messages distort our understanding of belonging? How do we cultivate deep belonging within ourselves? How does our own belonging impact our ability to belong with others?
This is the quote sheet for the talk.
Monday Oct 02, 2023
Mike’s Dharma Talk, 2023.10.02
Monday Oct 02, 2023
Monday Oct 02, 2023
This is my dharma talk from the East Bay Healing Collective on October 2, 2023, about Chinese Bagua as a model of healing. What is the therapeutic value of shock in the healing process? What is the role of gentleness and self-compassion in the healing process? What is required to integrate head-level insights deep into the body?
This is the slideshow used in the talk.
This is the quote sheet for the talk.
Monday Sep 25, 2023
Mike’s Dharma Talk, 2023.09.25
Monday Sep 25, 2023
Monday Sep 25, 2023
This is my dharma talk from the East Bay Healing Collective on September 25, 2023, about inner protection. What does the First Noble Truth imply about many of the kinds of protection we seek? What is the role of good boundaries in protecting ourselves? What is the true nature of inner protection? This talk will fall on the Monday before the Christian holiday of Michaelmas.
This is the quote sheet for the talk.