by mmcalister2017 | Apr 9, 2006
Is ten minutes enough time to meditate in order to apprehend the Middle Way? How about twenty minutes? An hour? In tonight’s talk, Michael suggests through the words of Descartes, the Koran, and Mohammed, that we need to stay comfortable but not too comfortable...
by mmcalister2017 | Apr 6, 2006
So how do we support an intimacy with the Infinite when we face a continual crash of the real world? In tonight’s talk, Michael offers us a brief description of the Buddhist version of what puts us in the direct light of Awakening. He breaks down the Eightfold...
by mmcalister2017 | Apr 5, 2006
What happens when we have an experience of Awakening? In tonight’s talk, Michael offers us a description of those things that veil us from these events. He also points out how the process of opening ourselves to a meditation practice and the raw nature of the...
by mmcalister2017 | Mar 30, 2006
In tonight’s talk, Michael deals with the Buddhist teachings of No Self and Near Enemies. When we see that our work towards that which is beyond a contracted sense of self, is exactly what pushes us past anything personal, the near enemies of affection, pity,...
by mmcalister2017 | Mar 28, 2006
In tonight’s talk, Michael suggests that living in the world from an undivided spaciousness is the only way to manifest peace. This extends to any particular way we might engage as activists in the world. A comment deals with the ease of communicating from a...