Infinite Smile

Are there reasons to embrace a group of spiritual friends?
In this talk, Michael discusses how we actually need friends to assist us as we climb the Mountain of Spirit. “We may take the steps on our …

Can we become familiar with what the ego feels like?
In this talk, Michael discusses uncovering the fundamental truth that is beyond name and form. When we feel resistance to this truth, we are feeli…

What is our True Nature? What is our Natural State?
In this talk, Michael discusses the ways in which we inhibit that which is completely Natural from showing up through us. He first gives some point…

In this talk, Michael discusses how we can see that those who metaphorically give us bloody noses, can be our greatest teachers, offering us great Dharma doors through which we can walk. He talks abo…

What does it mean to have a Beginner’s Mind? In this talk, Michael discusses how we can meet our lives in a way that frees us from the traps of day-to-day living. He uses an excerpt from Jon Kabat-Zi…

How is it that deep spiritual teaching is said to offer us nothing? In this talk, Michael discusses how the ego wants desperately to be recognized, but then in this recognition, its relevance begins …

How is it that we can stay centered, even if we feel someone is getting in our way? In this talk, Michael discusses the tipping point at which we become more interested in our own reactions to uncons…

Meeting with our teacher and asking the questions that burn in us, helps us along the Path. In this talk, Michael discusses how recognizing that we are always WITH everything else all the time, pushe…

Great teachers make great maps, at least in the spiritual realm. In this talk, Michael uses a brief set of instructions written by Ken Wilber that point directly toward our Witnessing Awareness. Unco…

In his introduction, Michael lays out a foundation for how we can live from the Ultimate realm rather than just the conventional, or normal, reality that we typically deal with each day . The talk th…

In the beginning of this talk, Michael discusses how we can question our most significant attachments. What, for instance, do we do with war? Is it ever justified? Can we ever come up with answers to…

In this talk, Michael discusses how we can notice great performers, when they are in full expression, can reflect our own sense of Spirit. In a recent performance, Kurt Elling pointed this out to Mic…

In this talk, Michael discusses our conscious participation in life with an awakened mind. He discusses the ways in which meditation helps us in this endeavor. At the same time, ego can think that it…

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 …

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 l…

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.

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 …

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

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 perh…

Tonight’s discussion centers around the sense that we are always lacking something that will make us complete. In this psychological space ego is totally at home, especially since fear can arise so e…