Episodios

  • Silence is the language

    Silence is the language
    Apr 3 2026

    So this is it in a nutshell. Buddhist teaching says in a synopsis that the path is through Renunciation, Compassion, an a correct view. The first two are easy to figure out and map onto Christian practise quite perfectly. In this episode I'm going to delve into Correct View and how it maps onto christian faith.

    in buddhist terms, the act of faith must avoid substantialism, ( like imagining the buddha as a literal fleshy manifestation, like a ghost in the room. ) and nihilism, ( like dismissing the story of the buddha as merely a story.)

    And this too maps very well onto Christian experience. So for today, Good Friday and Easter Sunday it might be fun to reflect a bit on this mysterious balance.

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    1 h y 4 m
  • Help

    Help
    Apr 3 2026
    Yes I know this is blunt. But I'm trying to ensure that the podcast continues, I know people like it and I love it. But lots of people listen but don't subscribe. so I'm asking , a few euros each month, to keep things going, and you get 4 hours per month of freestyle reflections and mediations from my heart to yours. You go to.

    https://www.patreon.com/c/hardingmichael

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    4 m
  • The Cross is the Architecture of Emotion

    The Cross is the Architecture of Emotion
    Mar 27 2026
    The mystery of our death is the mystery of that death on Calvary. The mystery of Calvary is the mystery of all death and all suffering and all pain. Here's how I see the architecture of this event and how it sustains me in my ordinary human life, and allows me to endure disturbing emotions with equanimity.

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    1 h y 5 m
  • Karma, Art, and God

    Karma, Art, and God
    Mar 21 2026

    Karma is a notion we associate with the east. Art is something that in modernity has liberated itself from religious devotionalism. But here I want to meditate on how all these things are unified. Liberation from Karma, attention devoutly to the great work of art, are unified in that God is a word for that which runs through all things, and all times, and all beings. God is a word we use as a cradle to hold the unnamable mystery of being. And there is no limit to this abundance even when we are exhausted by our own negative energies.

    It is now the moment of the Equinox. I'm doing last night's podcast, and this today, and perhaps another one or two in the coming days to celebrate this fact. Because I've always been excited by the Equinox, the dramatic transition that we in Ireland experience from the dark brooding world of winter, to the dizzy light of Summer. And here we are, on the edge of lengthening days, long days, and summer days not far away not. Talk to you son.

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    53 m
  • Find your own solitude

    Find your own solitude
    Mar 20 2026
    I did an episode during the week focusing on the Equinox. And then when I was cleaning out files and arranging all sorts of stuff on hard drives I seem to have deleted the episode. This I discovered at the last minute. And the only thing left in the folder was a podcast from September 22. Now that's the autumn Equinox. And now we're at the Spring Equinox. And I have a lot to say yet, so much to share with you. But I thought it suitable that the only episode I could get my hands on was this. So I'm going to put it out for now, for the weekend and then on Monday I'll be back again with one about the Spring Equinox. We're in the run up to Easter, and then we move towards midsummer. I'm working on a book entitled Midsummer, and I'll post a reading of the first draft also over this weekend. So that will be a new episode on Monday and somewhere in between a reading from my new book. And for now, enjoy this reposting of a mediation which is very personal and reflects on why I practice. Thank you for being here. Listen. Listen.

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    51 m
  • A naieve boy, a lonely man and a dog chasing it's tail

    A naieve boy, a lonely man and a dog chasing it's tail
    Mar 13 2026

    You're trying to be authentic. But knowing you never will be is not failure. it's ok that you're not authentic. And where will that lead us. Well I begin the podcast today by reading a text, a memory from 18 years go. So let's begin there.



    Now go listen to that podcast! And thank you for your support. And if you are one of the many folk who are enjoying the podcasts but don't subscribe, I'm really pleading with you, please, go to Patreon.com/hardingmichael and subscribe for about €7 a month. about 70% of followers don't actually subscribe, so if you can manage the monthly subscription you'll be helping me greatly to continue sharing these podcasts with the world.

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    1 h y 8 m
  • Clare of Assisi

    Clare of Assisi
    Feb 28 2026
    Well as promised I've put together a meditation on this extraordinary woman of the 13th century. This is special, so I'm doing no explaining. Just trust yourself and delve right in and keep with it to the end. And enjoy the blessings of life in every minute of the day; or as we say nowadays, have a great weekend.

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    1 h y 16 m
  • When you find yourself awake at 4am

    When you find yourself awake at 4am
    Feb 20 2026
    I'm here at the kitchen table, rather confused about who is here with me. And I"m wondering how do I contextualise this moment. Not as an ordinary or mundane wakening but as radiance. And how do I put that in a modern way. So it kind of dawned on me that there is one basic step, and one basic starting point for everything. And in coming episodes I'll be from time to time coming back to this; The spirituality of Saint Clare. I think it's amazing and easy to get your hands on. But she is from a different age, and her language is sometimes florid. Ok. So there's one place to begin. And it's here, now, in the presence of the divine being. Every spiritual path is complex, with lots of ideas. But only if you miss the first step. It's the access moment. And if you begin here, then all spiritual teachings will make sense.

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    53 m