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There have been several requests for some guided meditation. Here we have it. Just sit back and relax as Michael talks us from Eterntity to here in about 20 minutes.

Having the courage to authentically engage in a stillness practice means that we are ready to move past our resistance patterns. This is when we can consciously “pop the balloon” that acts as the bou…

Mind, or what we might also call ego, can only survive in two places: either in the past or in the future. But what about the space between our thoughts? This openness is what in Zen we call “No Mind…

Letting go of everything, and then acting from this place of radical surrender is the manifestation of Awakening. But how do we do this in practical terms? In this talk, Michael offers us a some poin…

If it’s all only Spirit, why should we meditate? Couldn’t it be that meditation is designed to fail in getting us closer to what’s already totally present? In this talk, Michael discusses these quest…

In Buddhist teaching, we refer to the Fourth Noble Truth as the Eightfold Path. Following this Path shows us a map that leads directly to Awakening. But the Path often seems to be covered, metaphoric…

Our normal state is intertwined with addiction to ego. Yet addiction to non-addiction is not the goal. In this talk, Michael deals with the middle way of practice in which we begin to uncover our abi…

Meditation is not enough to support an authentic practice. Nor is the reading of scripture. Nor is just listening to Dharma talks. There must be a fire that fuels our meeting of Spirit. In this talk,…

What does it mean to meet your life? How is it that we can really show up in the face of everything? In this talk, Michael discusses how the practice of stillness allows for us to transcend our react…

Authentic spiritual practice takes enormous courage since ultimately we are forced to face the temporary nature of all things… including all of our relationships. In this talk, Michael discusses how …

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 Mahars…

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…

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 Emp…

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…