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In this talk, Michael talks about the guidance offered by the famed Heart Sutra, and uses its closing words to illustrate the [...]

 

 ISmile243 - Realization, Hooray! [48:25m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

“The world is illusiory, but it is also very real for those of us living in it.”

 

 ISmile242 - A Way, Not a Belief [28:34m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

“If you want to kill a relationship, grasp it.”

 

 ISmile241 - Doesn't Religion Suck? [49:40m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

“The greed impulse is always fear-based at its core. Generosity, on the other hand, is born out of fearlessness.”

 

 ISmile240 - Being Generous [50:30m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

“None of this work is about denying the ego. Rather, it’s all about going past it.”

 

 ISmile239 - Not Me, Not Mine [47:28m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

“Whenever we can meet our life fully, we automatically move the stones that keep the waters of life from flowing freely.”

 

 ISmile238 - Simple But Not Easy: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

“When we act from a place of greed, we are generating a tangle in our lives we can easily call karma.”

 

 ISmile237 - On Greed and Karma [44:02m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

“Intimacy with our pain reveals pain to be little more than intensity to which we’ve attached thoughts.”

 

 ISmile236 - Turning Spiritual Lead Into Gold [39:30m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

“Real freedom is just that: freedom from anxiety, fear and panic as well as freedom from bliss, glory and the sense of fulfillment.”

 

 ISmile235 - How to Meet Total Fulfillment [43:10m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

“If you haven’t really opened up to the fact that all of this is going to end, you haven’t really lived.”

 

 ISmile234 - On Death and Dying [42:05m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download