Michael McAlister, of Infinite Smile, has just started a new website. It’s an interesting project in which the reader can continue their learning whilst engaging and communicating with the author. This comes on the tail of his new book, titled Awake in This Life.
Having been a long time fan of Michael’s existing podcasts, website, and his personal style of teaching, I was very happy to learn about Michael’s new site celebrating this new book, which I will be reviewing (Thanks Michael!).
Examining a recent post titled The Smile, Michael begins with a personal interaction with a student;-
If humor is totally absent from this practice, then what’s any of this worth?
—Question from a renegade Zen student
Okay… who took my robe?
—Question from the same Zen student some days later
Michael now establishes multiple stories, including his personal experiences, his teaching, and a teaching to a student of his. It’s all very well supported and constructed. A clear line of development and reasoning is shown. This keeps to the lucid teaching Michael is known for.
If humor is totally absent from this practice, then what’s any of it worth?” “Indeed,” he smiled. “What is this worth?” ... It was like I became blind to this teacher, blind to myself, blind to my thoughts, and blind to all I’d ever known to be true. In those moments, with those tears, ...all that was left was, a beautiful silence and a smile.
There’s plenty more in this post, which is just one of many that compliment the wonderful book that Michael is Launching. Go ahead, read some more.
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Hey Wade – good stuff as always. I heard once that the best way to discern a true teacher from the frauds is how much they laugh – how much they see life as just one big game. I think that particularly applies here.
The universe knows all. It senses when you are ready for new kinds of learning and send you the teachers you require. This happens automatically, every moment, even if you do not recognize the significance of the encounters you experience.