Guided nondual meditation by Michael Taft at San Francisco Dharma Collective. Meditation begins almost right away, and lasts for one hour. Followed by Q&A with the sangha. Special guest: Rin’dzin Pamo (who was present but… Read More »Phenomena are Made of Awareness Itself
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, the Bodhisattva Vajrapāṇi, and… Read More »Reversing the Stack—A Nondual Practice Map—Transcript
Guided nondual meditation by Michael Taft at the San Francisco Dharma Collective.Meditation starts almost at the beginning, and lasts for one hour. Then a dharma talk followed by Q&A. The “one real miracle” referred to… Read More »The One Real Miracle
Host Michael Taft speaks with Michael Owens, a Buddhist teacher and author, about being a monk in Taiwan, Buddhist sutras as portals to alternate realities, understanding dependent origination, the nondual ground and extreme psychedelia of… Read More »Meditating with Buddhist Sutras, with Michael Owens
Hour-long guided nondual meditation by Michael Taft at the San Francisco Dharma Collective. 15 min of shamatha (relaxing and focusing). Then we dive into finding the source of thought. Then into nondual awareness.Then noticing that… Read More »Realizing the Nature of Mind
The following is a transcript of this podcast episode: Transcript Michael: Hello and welcome to Deconstructing Yourself, the podcast for modern mutants interested in mindfulness, meditation, awakening, and much more. My name is Michael Taft… Read More »Masters of Oblivion — Transcript of an Interview with Kenneth Folk
Hour-long guided nondual meditation practice with Michael Taft. Followed by group Q&A. Learn more about nonduality here. You can watch many more videos in this series here.
Note: This is a transcript of the podcast episode that you can listen to here. The introductory material has been elided. Michael: Alright, I’m extremely happy to finally be here recording live with my good… Read More »Am I Mindful Right Now? with guest Kenneth Folk – Transcript
Michael W. Taft leads a 30 minute guided meditation on gratitude. Begins with shamatha on thoughts and feelings of gratitude. Then switches to nondual awareness of gratitude. Although this was originally recorded on Thanksgiving Day… Read More »Thanksgiving Guided Meditation on Gratitude
Hour-long guided meditation by Michael Taft, exploring the inconceivable nature of awareness and experience. Live stream from SFDC, specially transported to Sarvagandhasugandha for one night. Meditation ends around 1:01:00Then dharma talk and Q&A. Meditation steps:–… Read More »The Inconceivable
Guided mindfulness meditation from the surface of awareness to the very source of awareness. Michael guides the group through a meditation descending through (most of) his vipassana map. One hour sit. Starts almost at the… Read More »Meditating Down the Stack
In this episode, host Michael Taft shares a map of deconstructing sensory experience. This is intended to help orient you to your vipassana meditation practice; helping you to understand where you’re at, where you’re going,… Read More »Deconstructing Sensory Experience, with Michael Taft
A Transcript of the Podcast Interview You can listen to the original interview here. Michael: Rin’dzin, welcome to the Deconstructing Yourself podcast. Rin’dzin: Hi Michael, it’s great to be here, thanks for inviting me. Michael:… Read More »Vajrayana, Engineering, and Jiu Jitsu, with Rin’dzin Pamo—Transcript