Guided meditation for one hour, followed by dharma talk and Q&A. When we do mindfulness, we are typically doing it from the position of an observer. A person “over here” looking at a body sensation… Read More »Dropping Out of the Machinery of the Mind
Nondual guided meditation lasting one hour. Includes several inquiry questions. At 1:02:30 the dharma talk begins, centering on the story of the lion cub who thought he was a lamb. Ends with the lion’s roar… Read More »The Lion’s Roar
Guided meditation lasting approximately one hour, focused on noticing how all sensory phenomena go from being solid objects, to vibratory activities, to vast spacious awareness. Self and world dissolve into the void. 1:01:00 – Dharma… Read More »Vanishings into the Void
A guided meditation led by Michael Taft. Meditation starts at the beginning and lasts for about one hour. Followed by dharma talk and Q&A. (Warning: the audio quality on this video has some bad spots.)… Read More »The World as Dream
Typical metta practice is done from the dualistic position of being the doer of the metta. Here, we contact vast spacious awareness and (in a guided visualization) connect with the source of everything. It is… Read More »Nondual Metta Practice
Michael Taft teaches this guided meditation called Mahamudra Vipshyana on the Moving Mind. Once we contact vast, spacious awareness clearly, it is possible to observe the arising of thoughts from this (non)perspective. We witness thoughts… Read More »Mahamudra Vipshyana on the Moving Mind – Guided Meditation
One hour guided meditation by Michael Taft on contacting vast, spacious awareness. Ends at 1:00:54 Then dharma talk and Q&A. This is a variation on the age-old technique created by Dogen (1200–1253 c.e.) called eko… Read More »Awareness Aware of Awareness
One hour guided Nondual Meditation by Michael W. Taft. Begins with breath awareness, then contacting vast, spacious awareness, then dissolving into awareness with each exhale. Finally, noticing the vivid and shocking quality of sensory display.… Read More »Dissolving into Vast Spacious Awareness
In this guided nondual meditation by Michael Taft, we dive into the territory of meditating on the activity of the mind. It’s not about controlling, dominating, changing, or stopping your thoughts. Instead, it’s all about… Read More »Befriending Your Mind
Wondering what are the best meditation apps? Look no further. Here you will find the best meditation app for your needs. The last decade has seen a revolution in the millennia-old traditions of teaching and… Read More »What Is the Best Meditation App in 2019?
Michael Taft leads a guided mindfulness meditation (from beginning until about 45:00). Variations on open monitoring. Then a Q&A that covers escaping the observer trap (i.e. the feeling of being the one controlling the meditation)… Read More »How to Escape the Observer Trap
by Michael W. Taft Sometimes when we talk about awakening, we are talking about an event in the past, with the implication that that awakening is permanent or still happening. “I got awakened two years… Read More »Am I Awake Right Now?
In this program at the San Francisco Dharma Collective, Michael Taft leads a guided meditation (approx 44 min long) on the method for getting into the first jhana. Then a talk on how to to… Read More »How to Enter Jhana – a Guided Meditation