by mmcalister2017 | Apr 20, 2005
In this dharma talk, Michael McAlister points out how feelings, especially negative ones, can offer us an opening into the enlightened context. There is an articulation of how it is that we create and then expose emotional vulnerabilities, or buttons, that others will...
by Infinite Smile | Apr 18, 2005
In this installment of Commuter Zen, Michael addresses a question about the viability of organized religion in today’s world. https://www.infinitesmile.org/wp-content/uploads/podcasts/CommuterZen041805.mp3Podcast (infinite-smile-podcasts): Play in new window |...
by mmcalister2017 | Apr 14, 2005
In this dialog, Michael McAlister delves into our simple and always immediate choice: do we stay in our familiar state of habitual contraction, or do we allow for a resonant expanse to lead us directly into the heart of an immediate Awareness. His students then take...
by mmcalister2017 | Apr 6, 2005
In this dialog, Michael addresses the temporary nature of all things. He also touches on how we can live as an expression of both wisdom and compassion once we see beyond the time bound nature of the ego. He applies this then to our Path into the impersonal nature of...
by mmcalister2017 | Mar 16, 2005
We begin this talk by discussing Hue Neng’s discussion of the present moment in the Platform Sutra. This leads us into the realization of Knowing, which leads to Action that comes not from an egoic contraction, but from the recognition of the deep Singularity of...
