Spiritual Psychotherapy with Michael Franco, M.D.

In this episode, we open with a quote from the Tao te Ching, then continue our discussion on working with anger. We segue into Alan Watts' eulogy of Carl Jung and Carl Jung's penetrating words on the ...

3 Apr 20241h 5min

In this episode, we open with some talking points about Zen. We then move into a discussion of skillful handling of anger, drawing from the teachings of Ram Dass. Next, we explore a quote from the Bha...

27 Mar 20241h 8min

In this podcast, we open with some beautiful quotes from Kabir and Rumi. We continue with some more stories from Maharajji, the guru of Ram Dass, then with a few Zen Koans. We dedicate part 2 of the c...

20 Mar 202459min

In this class, we begin with some insights about the glowing face of Moses. We continue with some stories and quotes from Ram Dass and his guru Maharajji, followed by some Zen Koans. We end with the Z...

13 Mar 20241h 9min

In this episode, we open with the wise words of the late great Indian guru Nisargadatta. We continue with a series of Zen stories from Zen Flesh, Zen Bones. We close with the Zohar's discussion of the...

6 Mar 20241h 1min

In this podcast, we open with the words of H. W. L. Poonja: You are Peace. We continue with some more Zen Stories from Zen Flesh Zen Bones and we close with the Zohar's warnings about sexual misconduc...

28 Feb 20241h 7min

In this class, we open with a series of Zen stories that impart a direct seeing into our own nature. We continue with Alan Watts' Wisdom of the Ridiculous and we end with R' Shimon bar Yohai's mystica...

21 Feb 20241h 3min

In this class, we begin with the wisdom of a teacher of the Dalai Lama, Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche. We continue with Thoreau and Alan Watts, finishing with the Zohar's further teachings on Genesis.

14 Feb 20241h 13min