Episodes
Tuesday Sep 19, 2023
Mike’s Dharma Talk, 2023.09.18
Tuesday Sep 19, 2023
Tuesday Sep 19, 2023
This is my dharma talk from the East Bay Healing Collective on September 18, 2023, about facing the unknown. What is our relationship to the unknown? What stories or motions come up when we face the unknown? How do we relate to the unknown within ourselves? This talk fell on the Monday before the Autumnal Equinox.
This is the quote sheet for the talk.
Monday Sep 11, 2023
Mike’s Dharma Talk, 2023.09.11
Monday Sep 11, 2023
Monday Sep 11, 2023
This is my dharma talk from the East Bay Healing Collective on September 11, 2023, about grief. What is our relationship to grief? What is the cost of avoiding pain? What are the deeper layers of grief that we carry within us?
This is the quote sheet for the talk.
Monday Sep 04, 2023
Mike’s Dharma Talk, 2023.09.04
Monday Sep 04, 2023
Monday Sep 04, 2023
This is my dharma talk from the East Bay Healing Collective on September 4, 2023, about nonattachment to outcome. What is our relationship to the unknown? What is the source of our inner urgency? How do we cultivate a heart ready for anything?
This is the quote sheet for the talk.
Monday Aug 28, 2023
Mike’s Dharma Talk, 2023.08.28
Monday Aug 28, 2023
Monday Aug 28, 2023
This is my dharma talk from the East Bay Healing Collective on August 28, 2023, about Antiracist Work as a Yoga. What are the characteristics of a yoga? What does Resmaa Menakem call the six intelligences of the body? How do we live out the magnanimous love at the core of the antiracist message? This talk fell on the 60th anniversary of Dr. King's “I Have a Dream” speech.
This is the quote sheet for the talk.
Monday Aug 21, 2023
Mike’s Dharma Talk, 2023.08.21
Monday Aug 21, 2023
Monday Aug 21, 2023
This is my dharma talk from the East Bay Healing Collective on August 21, 2023, about rising to a challenge. What is our relationship with risk? How well do we balance what we control with what we don’t? How eager are we to rise to the challenge of whatever the next step of our growth demands?
This is the quote sheet for the talk.
Monday Aug 14, 2023
Mike’s Dharma Talk, 2023.08.13
Monday Aug 14, 2023
Monday Aug 14, 2023
This is my dharma talk from the East Bay Healing Collective on August 13, 2023, about stepping into our power. What are the four principles of personal power? What are the paradoxes of moving toward our power? Why does moving toward our power activate our deepest fears?
This is the quote sheet for the talk.
Monday Aug 07, 2023
Mike’s Dharma Talk, 2023.08.06
Monday Aug 07, 2023
Monday Aug 07, 2023
This is my dharma talk from the East Bay Healing Collective on August 6, 2023, about what Jennifer Welwood calls the true ride. What does it mean to be a grown-up adult? How deeply have we integrated the Buddhist teaching of impermanence? How does trying to avoid pain create even more pain?
This is the quote sheet for the talk.
Tuesday Aug 01, 2023
Mike’s Dharma Talk, 2023.07.31
Tuesday Aug 01, 2023
Tuesday Aug 01, 2023
This is my dharma talk from the East Bay Healing Collective on July 31, 2023, about archetypal masculinity. What does it mean to live from the depths of our psyches? what wisdom does the Chinese yin/yang system offer for modern gender roles? In our present time, what does healthy masculinity mean?
This is the quote sheet for the talk.
Tuesday Jul 25, 2023
Mike’s Dharma Talk, 2023.07.24
Tuesday Jul 25, 2023
Tuesday Jul 25, 2023
This is my dharma talk from the East Bay Healing Collective on July 24, 2023, about a heart ready for anything. What are the ways we resist fully growing up? How does spiritual growth demand letting go? How can we cultivate a heart ready for anything?
This is the quote sheet for the talk.
Monday Jul 17, 2023
Mike’s Dharma Talk, 2023.07.17
Monday Jul 17, 2023
Monday Jul 17, 2023
This is my dharma talk from the East Bay Healing Collective on July 17, 2023, about self-love. What are the misleading misconceptions about self-love? Why is self-love so difficult? Why is self-love essential for the spiritual path?
This is the quote sheet for the talk.