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This is the second of three talks Michael gave on our October weekend intensive. In this talk, Michael gives us some pointers in relation to the five major hindrances to Awakening. Becoming intimate with these hindrances allows us to live intimately in this life, and this too is the very process of Awakening.

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This is the first of three talks Michael gave on our October weekend intensive. His theme for the weekend centered around living “right there with everything” as everything shows up. This is how we live intimately in this life, and this is the process of Awakening.

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In this talk, Michael articulates a path towards an ever-deepening gratitude for this life, no matter what the circumstances. This is a “thanks giving” at each moment in life.

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In this talk, Michael points out that we don’t need to look for anything outside of our experience in order to Awaken to the Truth that the Buddha, Christ and all of the other spiritual heavyweights have embodied.

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In his talk. Michael addresses our recognition of all the mess that we need to face as we deepen our practice.

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This talk took place in the beginning of October of 2006, days after the school shooting in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. In his talk. Michael addresses how the funerals of the Amish community perhaps showed us another way for today’s religion. On PBS’s News Hour, Ann Taylor Fleming gives a beautiful commentary on this very topic. Getting close to the tragedy offers us a freedom from it.

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In this video response, Michael addresses some of the ways that ego resists both practice as well as engaging in the world as we become informed by stillness.