In this episode, host Michael Taft speaks with spiritual teacher and author Hameed Ali, more often known by his pen name, A. H. Almaas. Almaas is the creator of the Diamond Approach to Self-Realization, which… Read More »Reality Let Loose — with A. H. Almaas
A transcript of episode 10 of the Deconstructing Yourself podcast. Taft: Welcome to Deconstructing Yourself, the podcast for modern mutants interested in mindfulness, meditation, awakening and more. My name is Michael Taft, your host on… Read More »Culadasa Interview: Attention, Awareness, and the Great Adventure
Culadasa talks with Michael W. Taft. After decades of Buddhist practice, Culadasa exploded on the scene a few years ago with his groundbreaking book The Mind Illuminated, an incredibly comprehensive guide to meditation. It’s an… Read More »Attention, Awareness, and the Great Adventure, with Culadasa
I write to you on the day of my book launch. Good Sex: Getting Off without Checking Out is now available wherever books are sold. I have to tell you it feels good, really good.… Read More »The Long Road to Good Sex
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by Michael W. Taft Nondual awareness is just so… lovely. The most beautiful part of the nondual experience is how it encompasses all things. As the name itself suggest, there are not two things anywhere,… Read More »Nondual Fundamentalism and Limitless Awakening
Wondering how to rate a podcast on your iPhone? Most guides show you how to do it with an iTunes search. But if you’re using your iOS Podcast app, there is a much easier method.… Read More »How to Rate and Review Podcasts in the iPhone App
What do the neurocorrelates of enlightenment, the activation of the posterior cingulate cortex, and the extinction of craving all have in common? They relate to the work of Judson Brewer. Jud talks with Michael W.… Read More »The Craving Mind – with Judson Brewer
by Michael W. Taft [dropcap]I[/dropcap] started out trying way too hard in meditation practice, and continued to practice like that for a very long time. Waking up was serious business, the most important thing in… Read More »Effort vs. Effortlessness in Meditation Practice
by Vincent Horn “The stories that make sense of the world are part of the world. It is not by transcending this world that we are transformed but by storying it in a new way.”… Read More »Emptiness and Fullness: A Story about Stories
by Ian Welsh As regular readers of my blog know, I’ve been meditating for some time, with some useful results. A lot of modern meditation teaching and writing emphasizes meditation for benefits: be calmer, more… Read More »Some Fruits of Meditation: Simple Happiness
In this session, host Michael W. Taft and radical dharma author and practitioner Daniel Ingram discuss the Fire Kasina practice, meditation and magick, working with archetypal forces and entities, Daniel’s description of a fruition experience,… Read More »Meditation, Magick, and the Fire Kasina, with Daniel Ingram
by Michael W. Taft The sages of many spiritual traditions have said that the highest state of spiritual awakening is already present in each human being. Total enlightenment has always been there, is there now,… Read More »Do Nothing Meditation