Enjoy this evening’s talk on how perfection shows up in the strangest ways.

This evening’s talk covers a range of topics but centers around the idea that hopelessness offers us freedom. This is covered by Pema Chodron in her book, When Things Fall Apart.

What happens when we really stop? Really. Stop. This question can guide us into an openness that may fundamentally alter our lives. Imagine life without the sniff & scurry, the shake, rattle & roll. Imagine a life where we get past our tendency to chase our own tails. Breaking our addiction to movement, that so many of us have, helps us get past suffering... which is at the core of the Buddha's teaching.

Michael asks the audience in this week’s talk, what it is they think that enlightenment will bring them. He then goes forward to suggest that enlightenment will bring nothing to our experience that we don’t already have. But its realization can fundamentally alter the course of our lives. Weaving this in to the beauty and […]

Here are two of the four talks offered at our most recent Spring Retreat at the Mount Madonna Center entitled, Living From Abundance. Please come join us some time.

Either click HERE to watch Michael’s talk in a separate window, or click the video below. In order to get these podcasts updated regularly, download the new iTunes software and subscribe to this podcast from the Religion & Spirituality list. ____ In this video response Michael discusses how important it is for practitioners to recognize […]

Either click HERE to watch Michael’s talk in a new window, or click on the video screen below. To subscribe to this podcast, paste this address directly into a podcast aggregator. This will automatically download new discussions on a regular basis. The easiest option is to download the new iTunes software and subscribe to this […]

Either click HERE to watch Michael’s talk in a new window, or click on the video screen below. To subscribe to this podcast, paste this address directly into a podcast aggregator. This will automatically download new discussions on a regular basis. The easiest option is to download the new iTunes software and subscribe to this […]

Either click HERE to watch Michael’s talk in a new window, or click on the video screen below. Download the new iTunes software and subscribe to this podcast from the Religion & Spirituality list. ____ In this video podcast Michael addresses the issue of attaching to the stories of our mind as well as our […]

Either click HERE to watch Michael’s talk in a new window, or click on the video screen below. Download the new iTunes software and subscribe to this podcast from the Religion & Spirituality list. ____ In this video response Michael addresses the issue of the ever-present witnessing awareness as brought up by one of his […]