Time to Change

Don't forget to 'fall back' and change your clocks back an hour Saturday night. See you Sunday at 8:00 am!

In-Person and Online Practice

Sundays and Wednesdays

Join us Sundays from 8 - 9 am and Wednesdays from 7 - 8 pm either in-person at the Center or via Zoom video conferencing for practice and teaching with Michael.

We are currently reading and discussing Treasures from Juniper Ridge: The Profound Treasure Instructions of Padmasambhava to Yeshe Tsogyal during our Wednesday evening gatherings. Everyone is welcome.

Click the Zoom Video Link below and enter the password to join our video conferences.

Password: 362919

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E.R. Bardo

Tarn had a reaction to a vaccine that landed us in the overcrowded emergency room (don’t worry, she is okay). What an amazing place to practice compassion and offer healing mantras! It is like another bardo, an “in-between” state of existence in which we have the opportunity to behold the clear light of our true nature amidst what seems like chaos.

The other bardos according to the Buddhist tradition are: this life, dying, the space between death and rebirth, birth, sleep/dream, and meditation. The E.R. seems to blend all the bardos into one. Life and death are literally occurring at the same time and in the same space. It is very dreamlike and offers the perfect environment for meditation.

As we watch the play of our shared humanity negotiate the health care system, there is a light peeking through. It is the light of our original awareness seeking to express itself through kindness and compassion. I think we are always in the E.R.

Much Love,

🙏🏼🌎❤️Michael

P.S. Prayers to all the patients and health care workers in overcrowded emergency rooms everywhere. This situation is getting worse in our hospitals due to some unfortunate policies by a few insulated folks in positions of power.

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Wildfower Omen

I’m walking down a sterile hallway in the hospital, trying to find Tarn’s room after her visit to the emergency room. The healthcare staff had advised me to go home and get a few...

Fall Fundraiser

$6,500 Goal

We are launching our Fall Fundraiser to reach our financial goals for the year. We are blessed with a wonderful sangha and are grateful for your ongoing support!

Our Fall Fundraiser goes towards keeping and maintaining our physical location, continuing and enhancing our Zoom experience, maintaining our website, providing a stipend for Michael, supporting our lineage teachers, and more.

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Sustaining Mandala

Our Sustaining Mandala is our group of members who are part of our Automatic Contribution Program. Your monthly contribution sustains our Center throughout the year. We invite you to join!

You can print out the form from the link below to pay with your checking account or you can set up a recurring donation with PayPal by clicking on the Donate button above.

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"Generosity brings happiness at every stage of its expression.

We experience joy in forming the intention to be generous.

We experience joy in the actual act of giving something.

And we experience joy in remembering the fact that we have given."

-Buddha Shakyamuni

Wildflower Song: The Dharma of Wildness

Michael’s new book is now available for purchase at our Dharma store, Dudleys’s Bookshop and Cafe, and through our website. To order the book, simply visit our donate page, click on “donate,” indicate you want a book, and provide your name and physical address in the designated fields. The cost is $15 in person or $20, including shipping, if you choose to order online.

All proceeds generated from the book will be dedicated to supporting the Natural Mind Dharma Center and its ongoing activities.

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