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Infinite Smile Sangha

Michael McAlister

Bringing peace to into the midst of busy lives. | San Francisco

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Video: What Enlightenment Is NOT…

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2020/02/19

"Enlightenment is not an experience. Rather it's living from a truth that goes past any story any of us might have about what truth might be." The post Video: What Enlightenment Is NOT… appeared first on Infinite Smile Sangha.

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Video: Dealing With Guilt

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2020/01/27

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Video: Dealing With Guilt

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2020/01/27

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Video: Getting on the Other Side of Hurt

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2019/07/30

How is it possible to meet the continual challenges we face from a place of peace? The post Video: Getting on the Other Side of Hurt appeared first on Infinite Smile Sangha.

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Video: Getting on the Other Side of Hurt

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2019/07/30

How is it possible to meet the continual challenges we face from a place of peace? The post Video: Getting on the Other Side of Hurt appeared first on Infinite Smile Sangha.

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Quick Dharma: Intimacy

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2019/07/16

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Quick Dharma: Intimacy

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2019/07/16

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Quick Vid: Truly Stopping

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2019/05/14

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Quick Vid: Truly Stopping

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2019/05/14

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Awareness Is Not Thought

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2019/02/12

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Awareness Is Not Thought

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2019/02/12

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Community Opportunity

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2019/01/18

Michael will be presenting with our friends at the Lafayette-Orinda Presbyterian Church on this lecture series, on 3/28/19 from 6:30 to 9:30pm. Care to join? ___ Life Worth Living Thursday evenings, March 21 to May 9, 6:30-9:30 (excluding April 18) and all-day retreat on March 30 at Lafayette-Orinda Presbyterian Church What does it mean for a […] The post Community Opportunity appeared first on Infinite Smile Sangha.

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Community Opportunity

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2019/01/18

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Opinion | You Should Meditate Every Day – The New...

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2019/01/10

Great read… The best way I can describe the effect is to liken it to a software upgrade for my brain — an update designed to guard against the terrible way the online world takes over your time and your mind. Source: Opinion | You Should Meditate Every Day – The New York Times The post Opinion | You Should Meditate Every Day – The New York Times appeared first on Infinite Smile Sangha.

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Opinion | You Should Meditate Every Day – The New...

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2019/01/10

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“Stop Assuming that Everything You Feel or Think Is...

Infinite Smile Sangha ·

2019/01/04

I enjoyed this brief Quillette interview with Robert Greene. It both contextualizes much of what comes up in Sangha discussions. Getting over “ourselves” is serious business. But I write this with a smile on my face. Question, question, question. Don’t assume that the reason that you feel something, and that it’s right just because you […] The post “Stop Assuming that Everything You Feel or Think Is Right”—An Interview with Robert Greene – Quillette appeared first

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“Stop Assuming that Everything You Feel or Think Is...

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2019/01/04

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Enlightenments, Not Enlightenment – Tricycle: The...

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2018/11/20

I enjoyed Jack Kornfield’s approach, relating to the topic of interpreting “enlightenment.” I would also add that what is available at every level, and at the core of every interpretation, is the simple experience of awareness. If our practice leads us here, so much else follows. … it is wisest to speak of enlightenment with […] The post Enlightenments, Not Enlightenment – Tricycle: The Buddhist Review appeared first on Infinite Smile Sangha.

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Enlightenments, Not Enlightenment – Tricycle: The...

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2018/11/20

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Beware of Fundamentalism

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2018/11/10

I wrote about this a while back. Seems relevant for us all: “Fundamentalism arises when any religious organization, or any person, attaches so intensely to some version of truth that it must be defended. In this space, the ego continually seeks security by playing out its drama of “attack and defend.” This drama offers all […] The post Beware of Fundamentalism appeared first on Infinite Smile Sangha.

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