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The joke used to be that every time Michael opened his mouth what he said was archived here. We couldn’t be more grateful for that now because it is one of the best ways Michael’s teachings will live on.
The Awake in the World Podcast is the heart of the Community Library. Talks are on a wide-range of topics, including: bringing mindfulness and meditation practice into daily life; personal and community issues regarding mental health; and social change.
This podcast has been created so that anyone can have instant access to Michael’s teachings. It has been made possible due to generous donations from members of the community. In the six years that the podcast has been available, over half a million people have pressed play as a way to be more—like the name says—awake in the world.
Each podcast is between 30-60 minutes long. As always, you’re encouraged to follow along weekly as part of your practice. The podcasts were recorded at live events so you might hear coughing, airplanes, cars, sirens, laughter, and peoples’ questions—all part of the intimate experience.
Mindfulness Of Breathing Part 7
Did you cut my shoelaces Q 038 A about different forms of meditation for different people Michael tells some funny stories about his son and practicing mindfulness in family He also talks about mindfulness at work
Mindfulness of Breathing Part 6
Michael talks on finding the sane part of the breath seeing how all thoughts pivot around a construct of 8220 me 8221 and how to cultivate a non reactive mind Also the way there are many conditions that give rise
Mindful Breathing Part 5 (Anapanasati)
Michael goes into detail about emptiness working with shame connecting with the emotional body in order to transform traumatic scars and how to connect with the depth of the breathing body with concentration and safety Also how reconciliation does not
Mindful Breathing Part 4 (Anapanasati)
Michael maps out how meditation based on concentration can bring intense pleasure and joy piti and how for some students these levels of concentration jhana can reveal deeper levels of holding and or old trauma Then he details how trauma
Stabilizing Ourselves In The Digital Age
A public lecture about the effect of phones the internet and digital media on our minds and relationships Michael offers very practical tools for managing our minds in an era of information overload
Mindful Breathing Part 3 (Anapanasati)
Michael maps out the first two levels of concentration jhanas the importance of not being too awake and a very different approach to working with strong emotions like anger but leaving it alone
Mindful Breathing Part 2 (Anapanasati)
Michael explains the first level of concentration that emerges when the mind settles first jhana Also distinguishing concentration from mindfulness in the Buddhist and Yoga Sutra traditions
Mindful Breathing Part 1 (Anapanasati)
Michael offers instruction on the Buddha s teachings of mindfulness on the breath learning how to let the breath be natural what happens when joy arises and various energies appear in the body during deeper levels of concentration and how
Chanting For Ill And Dying Species
Chanting for Ill and Dying Species On the last night of silent retreat in Cubjac France the community chanted outdoors for all ill and dying species Based on a traditional Buddhist chant for humans we translated it for other living
Chanting Heart Sutra & Bodhisattva Vows
Chanting Heart Sutra and Bodhisattva Vows Early morning chanting on silent retreat led by Caitlin Strom
Species Chant
Led by Jennifer Whitney and community a recording of evening chanting for dying animals and vegetation
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Rose Riccio gives her first dharma talk on retreat exploring the Ox herding images and how there are 84 000 gates into practice and you only have to enter one
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