In this final class (4/4), Michael describes the role of emptiness plays in the model (hint: it is the central concept), and talks about how to work your way up the stack in reverse. This… Read More »Deconstructing Sensory Experience & Nondual Practice, with Michael Taft, Part 4
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
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
Host Michael Taft speaks with Loch Kelly on nondual practices, contemporary forms of ancient awareness techniques, dzogchen, mahamudra, advaita, the role of psychotherapy in awakening, the need—or not—for a guru, open-hearted awareness, internal family systems… Read More »Loch Kelly on Awareness, Freedom, and Effortless Mindfulness
A Guided Meditation with Michael Taft In this guided meditation, Michael W. Taft investigates experience through the lenses of the Three Vehicles of Buddhist practice. After an opening breath meditation and focusing exercise, we contact… Read More »Three Vehicle Investigation
Guided meditation (about 55 min) on emptiness by Michael Taft at the San Francisco Dharma Collective. Noticing that awareness has no center, and that every part of awareness is equally aware. From the viewpoint of… Read More »Awareness Has No Center
(This is a transcript of a podcast interview. If you notice any mistakes, please let me know.) Michael: Welcome to Deconstructing Yourself, the podcast for modern mutants interested in mindfulness, meditation, awakening, hardcore dharma, consciousness… Read More »Deconstructing Michael — an Interview with Michael Taft
by Michael W. Taft (The following is a (fairly) verbatim transcript of a podcast interview I conducted with Rob Burbea. Please let me know if there are any errors in the text.) Rob Burbea is… Read More »What Is Emptiness? An Interview with Rob Burbea
In this episode host Michael Taft speaks with Rob Burbea about Rob’s book, Seeing That Frees, the power of perception (ways of seeing), his creative methods of working with meditation practice, meditating with a more… Read More »Emptiness, Liberation, and Beauty – with Rob Burbea
Want a quick intro to the entire history of nondualism? Jerry Katz interviewed me about it here. ~ Michael W. Taft If this interests you, you might want to check out my book entitled, Nondualism:… Read More »Nonduality Talk
by Michael W. Taft Your life is filled with too much business, too much hurry, too much stress. Just for a moment, let go of all that. There are too many machines vying for your… Read More »Let It Be – A Guided Meditation