The Eightfold Path, Part 5:  How to Make a Living without Selling Your Soul

The Eightfold Path, Part 5: How to Make a Living without Selling Your Soul

This talk explores Right Livelihood as a living inquiry rather than a rigid moral rule, asking how we can earn a living without gradually betraying our values, vitality, or sense of dignity. Grounded in the Buddha's teachings and everyday work life, the talk examines the ethical foundation of do no harm, the importance of inner congruence between what we do and what we feel in our bodies, and the often-overlooked relational impact of our work—how it shapes our patience, speech, and capacity for care. Rather than idealizing purity, the talk brings a grounded, compassionate lens to the real tensions people face around money, responsibility, and meaning.

You'll learn how to recognize subtle ways work can create inner fragmentation, how to listen to bodily signals and conscience as guides to integrity, and how to assess whether your livelihood is making you more humane or more armored. The talk also offers a wise, practical approach to compromise—showing how to live in the world as it is without collapsing into cynicism or self-betrayal, and how to take small, sane steps toward a livelihood that supports both survival and awakening.

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Skillful Effort: Maintaining Wholesome States of Presence

Skillful Effort: Maintaining Wholesome States of Presence

This talk explores how to manage your energy as you pursue your aspirations. You'll learn about four guidelines: How to prevent unwholesome states before they arise, how to let go of unwholesome st...

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Conversations with Depth Practitioners:  "This is the New Normal" with Ray Manyoky and Tara Cassidy

Conversations with Depth Practitioners: "This is the New Normal" with Ray Manyoky and Tara Cassidy

This interview with Ray and Tara explores how to work with the deepest challenges of sickness, old age and death. You'll learn how Ray and Tara are working with Ray's diagnosis of glioblastoma a yea...

30 Apr 202552min

The Art of Yes: Mindfulness and the Power of Allowing

The Art of Yes: Mindfulness and the Power of Allowing

The talk explores some fundamentals of a meditation practice and how (sometimes) saying 'yes' to what is present can dramatically shift your relationship to the here and now. You'll learn my favorite ...

25 Apr 202547min

Let Go Now: The Path of Release and Renewal

Let Go Now: The Path of Release and Renewal

The classic teaching "Be Here Now" requires that we "Let Go Now" - of everything and anything that is not present.  How do we do this?  I share some guiding principles of the art of renunciation with ...

19 Apr 202548min

Four Phrases That Heal:  Loving the Unlovable

Four Phrases That Heal: Loving the Unlovable

This talk explores how to consciously direct the inner process of healing and release. Drawing on the classic teachings of Ho'oponopono, it introduces four phrases that guide your attention to: • Taki...

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Beyond the Witness:  From Watching to Being

Beyond the Witness: From Watching to Being

This talk explores the power of self-observation and what lies beyond the sense of self. You'll learn how the witness can free you from the tyranny of the mind and your reactivity as well as what can ...

30 Mars 202545min

How to Awaken the Witness: From Identification to Observation

How to Awaken the Witness: From Identification to Observation

This talk explores the liberating factor of self-observation. You'll learn about how you can cultivate the optimal environment to develop the witness, the near-enemy of the practice and what it mean...

21 Mars 202547min

Meditation, Psychedelics and the Allure of Spiritual Awakening

Meditation, Psychedelics and the Allure of Spiritual Awakening

This talk explores the theme of 'ancient future technologies,' in particular the role of psychedelic-assisted therapy and meditation. You'll learn about research currently being done, a bit on the his...

11 Mars 202543min

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