Awake in the World Podcast - Michael Stone

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Carl Jung & Meditation Practice, Part 1 of 4 Nov 28, 2016

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Michael talks about Jung and Freud's split, dreams, work, the unconscious as a process of compensation, madness and meditation, and what it's like going into cellars. This dharma talk is from our archive and was recorded September 4, 2012.

30 Minute Guided Meditation w/ Paul Haller Nov 28, 2016

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Zen teacher Paul Haller guides a gentle and clear meditation on noticing what it is to attend to experience. Recorded on retreat co-taught with Michael Stone, Tassajara Zen Mountain Monastery, California in June 2016.

No Attributes: How Do You Know If Someone Is Awake? (Diamond Sutra 6 of 6) Nov 24, 2016

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Because the Self is absent when we are awake, we cannot know if we are awake because we are one with our activity. So how do we know when someone is awake? Isn't it all projection? This is the final talk in our Diamond Sutra series recorded at Spirit Loft in Toronto in June 2016.

Life is Hard w/ Norman Fischer Nov 24, 2016

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**BONUS** Love and compassion are necessities for basic sustainability. Norman Fischer gives a lecture to a packed house in Toronto on the importance of love, care, and ordinary suffering. This episode is from our archive and was recorded March 16, 2014.

The Discipline of Relationship w/ Norman Fischer Nov 24, 2016

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**BONUS** Norman Fischer talks on not speaking destructively, not criticizing the faults of others, and working with conflict. This episode is from our archive and was recorded March 16, 2014.

You Can't Get Anywhere With Meditation! w/ Norman Fischer Nov 24, 2016

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Norman Fischer facilitates discussion about meditation, prayer, loss, compassion to oneself, and the liberation of sitting still even when it seems useless. This episode is from our archive and was recorded March 16, 2014.

Letting Go of Control (Diamond Sutra 5) Nov 13, 2016

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There are hungers we just can't satisfy. So how can we open to desire without grasping? There’s no satisfaction at the end of the money or fame path. Meditation is controlling your posture and mind in order to let go of control. Spirit Loft, Toronto, 20 min.

Life is Like a Funeral (Lotus Sutra 14) Nov 11, 2016

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Michael talks about the five kinds of fear, community and how it grows, a poem by Leonard Cohen, generosity, and then he reads his own poem about his mother. This talk is from our archive and was recorded in May 31, 2011.

Labeling Thoughts & Acknowledging What's Present (Diamond Sutra 4) Nov 07, 2016

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Michael talks about wedding Vows in community, labeling our thoughts so we can honour them, and how generosity is about the way we give our attention. The most profound gift we can give others is our attention. It’s a form of love. Spirit Loft, Toronto, 30 min.

Attuning to Ourselves & Others (Diamond Sutra 3) Oct 31, 2016

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The benefit of our practice must be wider than the benefit to our body. How wide do you draw the circle of self? Self-soothing. Michael talks about “a secure base” and how to manage reactivity that’s both inside and outside. Spirit Loft, Toronto, 30 min.

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