ISmile63 – Getting Beyond the Veil

The minute we drop our defenses, our awareness begins to fill a deeper context, thus allowing us to see through the veil of our delusion. In this talk, Michael suggests that we take Sri Ramana Maharshi’s advice to heart and follow our “I-sense” to...

ISmile62 – Walking Awake

How do we bring Awakening into our day-to-day walk through the world? In this talk, Michael offers what mystics have been talking about for centuries: let wisdom inspire compassion, while at the same time let compassion inspire wisdom. When these two components to...

ISmile61 – At the Core of Everything: the Ninth Sense

What is the Source of all things? In this talk, Michael pushes the limits of language by discussing the nature of Emptiness as it relates to the human experience. How is it that the experience of Emptiness is paradoxically so full, thus inspiring mystical teachings...

ISmile60 – The Teachings of an Entire Lifetime

What does it mean to embody a continually appropriate response to all that arises in our awareness? In this talk, Michael discusses how everything supports Awakening to the Absolute for ourselves and others as long as we meet our circumstances with deep openness....

ISmile59 – Different Facets on the Same Gem

In this talk Michael discusses how partial commitment to the Path can be very painful. This is in part due to the fact that ego begins to feel raw and exposed once light is cast on its activity. Instead of recoiling from this discomfort, we learn that our stillness...

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