In the face of our global environmental crisis Michael argues that it’s not enough to…
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What Are You Going to Let Go Of?
Starting with a poem by Hafiz about haggling with God, Michael offers insights about ways…
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Form That You Can See Through
In this talk Michael covers balancing form and creativity in practice, the trouble with ideas…
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Clouds in the Sky
This thirty-minute guided meditation focuses on noticing and letting go of commentary.
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A Pilgrimage Inside Body and Mind
This talk, given to a group of clinicians, begins with a meditation practice (ending at…
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Best of Awake in the World: Buddha’s Last Word
This week we're revisiting a favourite Awake in the World podcast episode. In the Zen…
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Best of Awake in the World: Spiritual By-passing & Mindfulness of Thinking
This week we're revisiting a favourite Awake in the World podcast episode. Michael integrates a…
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I Had to Stop Reading
In this talk Michael explores anatta (not-self) and emptiness as strategies versus “things.”He argues that…
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Do People These Days Need Enlightenment?
Michael considers the final lines of the first pada of the Yoga Sutra through the…
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What Can You Do About the World?
In this talk Michael looks at the five kleshas and their corresponding cultural samskaras through…
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