ISmile 218- Accepting the Invitation

At a recent sitting, Michael offered up a poem from Oriah Mountain Dreamer’s book, The Invitation. This is the podcast of that evening. Several subjects were broached including how practice can get heavy the further along the Path we get, as well as how we might...

ISmile 217- Uncovering What is Deeper

Of all the driving forces behind an authentic spiritual practice, none is more important than the willingness to go deeper. Rather than meaning that we need to move anywhere, going deeper means that we must continually surrender to the source of our impulse to move....

ISmile216 – “I”ddiction

How do we ever move past the addiction to a sense of self? Furthermore, how do we ever get past our clinging to the ideals of the way we think things should be? If we loosen up around our sense of what is black and what is white; what is right and what is wrong; who...

ISmile215 – Just Being

What does it mean to Be? In this podcast, Michael suggests that thinking has nothing to do with Being and that giving, as well as receiving are enhanced by our apprehension of the deep connection we get when we can simply rest… simply be. Ultimately, this...

ISmile214 – The Boundary Between Self and Peace

Where is the boundary between the finite and the Infinite; between the small self and a deep, abiding peace? In this podcast, Michael suggests ways to not only meet this boundary, but to practice a presence that can manifest in a way that has no boundary at all....

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