by Infinite Smile | Nov 8, 2011 | Blog
In this interview posted on Integral Life, originally included in The Collected Works of Ken Wilber: Volume IV, Ken offers an in-depth description of each of the major state-stages of meditative practiceranging from psychic absorption, to subtle illumination, to...
by Infinite Smile | Aug 29, 2011 | Blog, Retreats
Fall 2011 Weekend Retreat STABILITY IN THE FACE OF CHANGE September 23 25, 2011 MOUNT MADONNA CENTER Change is all there is, and yet so often we can find ourselves resisting it. What if we were able to embrace change, thereby cultivating an internal peace that...
by Infinite Smile | Aug 15, 2011 | Blog, Dialogs
Here’s another installment in a series of emails that took place between Michael and one of his senior students beginning in August of 2009. May you find the exchange interesting and enriching. ____ June 2, 2010 Student: Do you think that contraction, as an...
by Infinite Smile | Jul 19, 2011 | Blog, Commuter Zen, Video
Commuter Zen #55
by Infinite Smile | Jul 14, 2011 | Blog
Thought this was a nice piece on an issue that faces several members of our sangha: discomfort in meditation and our ability to work with it as we broaden our perspective. The minute we give our thought a label, we are stepping back to look at it. Unless we do that,...
