ISmile122 – Taking Care of This Life

In tonight’s talk, Michael considers Eihei Dogen’s map of Awakening. First we study the self, then we forget the self, and in doing this we are enlightened by all things. Questions and comments deal with the experience of uncooperative people in our lives;...

ISmile121 – Reviewing the Path

In tonight’s talk, Michael reviews the basic steps of our Path leading toward Awakening. He begins with our sense of separation and then points to that which is beyond it. Opening lessens the intensity of our craving and resistance patterns. From here our...

ISmile120 – Preference and Choice

When we really begin to let our lives become spiritual laboratories, we can uncover our preferences. When we uncover our preferences, we can expose our attachment to the veils that keep Spirit from our conscious experience. In tonight’s talk, Michael points out...

CommuterZen19 – Confusing Experience With Realization

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ISmile119 – The Three Marks of Existence

According to the Buddha all life is characterized by suffering, impermanence, and no self. In tonight’s talk, Michael uses the poem “Invictus” by Wm. Earnest Henley in order to point us in the direction of these Three Marks of Existence, thus...

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