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Hour long guided nondual meditation by Michael Taft at the San Francisco Dharma Collective. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

First fifteen minutes are shamatha (relaxed focus). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then “dropping the ball.”
Then inquiry into awareness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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