Podcasts
ISmile208 – Our Addictions
“Whether or not the Buddha actually lived or not has nothing to do with our awakening. Clinging to stories that surround our ideas of the Buddha, or Christ, or any other mystic are what let our fundamentalist natures flourish.”
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ISmile207 – I Am Offering You Nothing
“What is it to be a self? What is it that wants to hang on to things we know will be taken away?”
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ISmile206 – San Damiano Intensive: Truly Stopping
“The ego can’t control the process unless there is movement.”
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ISmile 205- Prior to Desire
“Problems show up along the Path when we start asking questions like: Where do I move to become still?”
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ISmile204 – Integrating Enlightenment
“You’ve got to want Freedom in order to taste it. This doesn’t mean that we attach to the goal, but we do have to lean intentionally into the endeavor.”
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ISmile 203- When There is Nothing Left of Selfhood
When we allow for us to see what is True about all things, we see ourselves.
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ISmile 202- The Halfway Point
“Having a sense of the Ultimate Truth, even uncovering a deep realization of the Ultimate Truth, is not enough.”
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ISmile201 – Practicing with Fear and Desire
“It doesn’t matter where you are, or what state you are in. Just practice there.”
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ISmile 200- The Art of Not Getting Anything
In this podcast, Michael discusses how our willingness to not get anything even as we give shows us the Path to Awakening.
Ismile 199- How Loss Gets Us Ready
In this podcast, Michael discusses the loss of a sangha member and how this loss has inspired so many to deepen their practice.