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When spiritual practice deepens, do heart and mind open the same way?
Commuter Zen #89
read moreDialogs With My Teacher #52
December 28, 2010 (#52) Student: What is the difference between knowing and believing? Michael: Both are activities of the mind that can be useful. If, for instance, you know something, you generally have some kind of evidence to back up your mental position. With...
read moreWhich Style of Meditation is Right?
Thought this was cool... SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY Meditation's variations can frustrate or enlighten To the uninformed observer, meditation looks simple: Sit still, seek inner peace, repeat. But meditation can be practiced in a variety of forms, each of which...
read moreHow do we best watch the mind?
Commuter Zen #88
read moreFall Weekend Retreat
Come join us... Cultivating Fearlessness October 12-14, 2012 MOUNT MADONNA CENTER This weekend retreat will offer an approach to living in this way. Each day will involve sitting meditation, walking meditation and dharma talks followed by Q&A, as well as practice...
read moreDialogs With My Teacher #51
Here's another installment in a series of emails that took place between Michael and one of his senior students beginning the Summer of 2009. May you find the exchange interesting and enriching. ___ December 14, 2010 Student: Where there is love, there can be no fear,...
read moreSo what is mastery?
Commuter Zen #87
read moreDialogs With My Teacher #50
Here's another installment in a series of emails that took place between Michael and one of his senior students beginning the Summer of 2009. May you find the exchange interesting and enriching. ___ December 4, 2010 Student: My teenager keeps asking me what there is...
read moreDialogs With My Teacher #49
Here's another installment in a series of emails that took place between Michael and one of his senior students beginning the Summer of 2009. May you find the exchange interesting and enriching. ___ November 23, 2010 (#49) Student: It feels like my spiritual path has...
read moreThe Dharma of Getting Dumped
Kristin Luce offers up a great piece on one of life's universal miseries... So heres the humiliating truth: I was just dumped. I cant even hate him because he did it so kindly and with such matu Take my advice: Dont ever get into a relationship with a mature man....
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