Follow along with a talk from Michael recorded on the first day of a retreat…
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Best of Awake in the World: We Practice Because We Forget
Michael also reflects on the profound reality of human suffering, pointing out how the existence…
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Best of Awake in the World: When Thorns Grow in Our Practice
A talk and group exercise for working with thorns when they begin to grow on…
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Best of Awake in the World: Stabilizing Ourselves In The Digital Age
A public lecture about the effect of phones, the internet, and digital media on our…
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Set the Raft Adrift
In the fourth episode of our series on the core teachings of the Buddha, Michael…
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Best of Awake in the World: 20 min. Guided Meditation Mindfulness of the Breathing Body
In this Best of Awake in the World episode Michael leads a 20 minute guided…
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Best of Awake in the World: The Good Enough Meditator
This week we're revisiting a favourite Awake in the World podcast episode. In this talk,…
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A Ball Thrown into a River
In this talk Michael covers part of the Ariyapasasana Sutta (the Buddha’s own account of…
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Peace in the Breath, Stillness in the Ground
In this guided mindfulness-of-the-body practice Michael focuses on feeling the ground, the breath, the support…
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“To Swallow Myself in Ceaseless Flow”
Michael explains Patanjali’s take on subduing the causes of suffering in their gross and subtle…
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