Part Two of a Four Part Class at San Francisco Dharma Collective. Michael Taft explains his system of understanding meditation experience. With guided meditations. In the second session of this class, we learn more about… Read More »Hacking the Stack, Pt. 2
Hour long nondual guided meditation by Michael Taft at San Francisco Dharma Collective. 0 – 15 min – shamatha 15 – 30 min – contacting the Natural Mind (“dropping the ball” technique) 30 – 60… Read More »There but not There
Hour long guided nondual meditation by Michael Taft at the San Francisco Dharma Collective. First fifteen minutes are shamatha (relaxed focus). Then “dropping the ball.” Then inquiry into awareness. Want to learn more about nonduality?… Read More »Who Is Aware?
60 minute nondual guided meditation by Michael Taft at the San Francisco Dharma Collective. First part: samatha (relaxed focus)Second part: contacting natural mindThird part: investigating where experience takes placeFollowed by dharma talk and Q&A. Where… Read More »Where Does Experience Take Place?
The following is a transcript of this podcast episode: Transcript Introduction: Welcome to Deconstructing Yourself, the podcast for modern mutants interested in meditation, awakening, emptiness, post-, non-, and un-Buddhism, hardcore Dharma, love for British Columbia… Read More »Deconstructing Sensory Experience — a Transcript
The following transcript is of this podcast episode. Enjoy! Transcript Michael: Welcome to Deconstructing Yourself, the podcast for modern mutants interested in mindfulness, meditation, awakening, and more. My name is Michael Taft. I’m a mindfulness… Read More »The Cosmic Joke Transcript – with Kenneth Folk
Hour long guided meditation on emptiness by Michael Taft. Begins with 15 min of shamatha. Followed by 15 min of contacting the natural mind (i.e. vast spacious awareness). Then we investigate the emptiness of all… Read More »Emptiness, Emptiness
In this episode, host Michael Taft remixes his map of deconstructing sensory experience, and talks about how to use it to work in nondual traditions. Essentially the idea is to reverse the stack by starting… Read More »Reversing the Stack—A Nondual Practice Map, with Michael Taft
by Michael W. Taft This is a map of deconstructing sensory experience using vipassana. It can help you to understand where you are at with your vipassana practice, and what may be coming next. Note:… Read More »A Map of Deconstructing Sensory Experience with Vipassana
Hour-long guided meditation by Michael Taft. Approx 15 min of deep belly breathing for shamatha, then about 20 min of dropping into nondual awareness, followed by allowing awareness to notice the sense of self. Dharma… Read More »Awareness Seeing the Sense of Self
Program begins with a guided nondual mindfulness meditation by Michael Taft lasting 30 minutes. Then Michael introduces special guest Daniel Ingram, and the two take questions from the group at San Francisco Dharma Collective for… Read More »Guest Q&A with Daniel Ingram and Michael Taft
Host Michael Taft speaks with Dream Yoga expert Andrew Holecek about how the dream state (and dreamless sleep) can effect meditation practice. Topics include: the fantasy-filling model of lucid dreaming vs. spiritual awakening; dream yoga,… Read More »What Does Dreaming Have to Do with Meditation? with Andrew Holecek
Hour-long guided nondual meditation. Begins with 15 minutes of deep belly breathing, and mindfulness of body posture. Then allowing awareness to contact external sounds, then body sensations. Finally diving into vast, spacious awareness with no… Read More »Nondual Meditation on Sound, Body, and Awareness