Nondual Guided Meditation by Michael Taft 1:00 – Shamatha31:05 – Vipashyana on perception of various content: sounds, emotions, thoughts. Particularly noticing their vanishing.1:01:00 – Dharma talk and Q&A Contribute to making more of these nondual… Read More »Nondual Vipashyana on the Vanishing of Perceptions
One-hour guided nondual meditation by Michael Taft Meditation sequence:1:30 – Posture guidance3:57 – Rousing bodhicitta5:17 – Shamatha with an object (breath) and guided relaxation21:14 – Dissolving on the outbreath40:47 – Shamatha without an object50:43 –… Read More »Just Look (Nondual Investigation)
One-hour nondual guided meditation with Michael Taft. Most people think of themselves as having awareness, which is located in a brain, which is inside a body, which is inside the world. While this works well… Read More »Resting Awareness in the Heart
Host Michael Taft speaks with meditation teacher Catherine McGee about Soulmaking Dharma; her journey into meditation practice; using the word “soul” in a Buddhist context; working with the energy body; connecting with the imaginal in… Read More »Soulmaking Dharma with Catherine McGee
Guided Meditation with Michael Taft In this hour-long guided meditation, Michael Taft leads you through the four Brahma Viharas Meditation, or “Divine Abodes.”
Nondual Guided Meditation with Michael Taft One hour meditation: 2:58 – Meditation begins (shamatha with an object)17:45 – Dissolving with the Out Breath32:11 – Dropping the Ball (i.e. shamatha without an object)47:10 – Cut through… Read More »Using Emptiness to Cut Through
Guided Meditation by Michael Taft Lasts for one hour. Followed by dharma talk and Q&A. Behind the apparent confusion and hubbub of sensory experience—including thoughts, feelings, body sensations, sight, sound, smell, taste, and everything else—there… Read More »Silence, Stillness (Nondual)
Nondual Guided Meditation with Michael Taft Continuing with digging deeper into nondual meditation techniques over the past year or so, in this guided meditation, Michael Taft expands contact with the experience of the awakened mind—which… Read More »Boundaryless, Timeless Stillness
Jhanas are special states of deep absorption that make a wonderful setup for doing awakening practices. In this video, meditation teacher Michael Taft describes what jhanas are, and clarifies the basic steps for getting into… Read More »How to Jhana
Want to enter the dharma door of nonduality? Watch this video. This is week four of an eight week collaboration between Michael Owens and Michael Taft. Each Sunday, Michael Owens will teach on a(t least… Read More »The Vimalakirti Experience, Part 6B – Entering the Dharma Door of Nonduality
This is week four of an eight week collaboration between Michael Owens and Michael Taft. Each Sunday, Michael Owens will teach on a(t least one) chapter of the VNS. Then the following Thursday, Michael Taft… Read More »The Vimalakirti Experience, Part 5B – The Family of the Tathagatas
This is week four of an eight week collaboration between Michael Owens and Michael Taft. Each Sunday, Michael Owens will teach on a(t least one) chapter of the VNS. Then the following Thursday, Michael Taft… Read More »The Vimalakirti Experience, Part 4B – The Goddess
aka: Ultra-dropping the Ball Guided nondual meditation by Michael Taft, in an undisclosed location, for the San Francisco Dharma Collective. For the last 30 meditations or so, we have often used Michael’s technique, called “dropping… Read More »Dropping the Ultra Ball