Deconstructing Yourself
Dedicated to liberation in all its forms, Deconstructing Yourself is passionate about fearlessly investigating, attempting, and questioning all things to do with awakening, meditation, mindfulness, brain hacking, consciousness, neurofeedback, and more.
Your host Michael W. Taft interviews some of the most interesting thinkers, authors, and teachers around, as well as other offerings. In this hard-hitting, radical, and fun podcast we look at secular post-, non-, un- Buddhism, Vajrayana, nondual Hindu Tantra, philosophy, the neuroscience of the sense of self, neurofeedback and the consciousness hacking movement, aspects of artificial intelligence, entheogens, and much more.
If you’re looking for fresh directions, free from dogma and conformism, think of the Deconstructing Yourself podcast as the radical cafe where you can hear from the most interesting luminaries either from the outside edges of dharma, or a fresh take from more traditional teachers. If you’re interested in more, check out the Deconstructing Yourself website at https://deconstructingyourself.com.
- Update frequency
- every 27 days
- Average duration
- 62 minutes
- Episodes
- 106
- Years Active
- 2017 - 2025
The Nondual Heart, with John Prendergast
Nondual teacher and psychotherapist John Prendergast speaks with host Michael Taft about the heart area as an opening to infinite space, and more.
00:58:46 |
Fri 07 Feb 2020
Nonduality and Awake Awareness, with Loch Kelly
Nondual teacher and psychotherapist Loch Kelly speaks with host Michael Taft about what nondualism.
00:51:29 |
Sun 26 Jan 2020
Meditating with Buddhist Sutras, with Michael Owens
Host Michael Taft speaks with Michael Owens about Buddhist sutras as portals to alternate realities, understanding dependent origination, the nondual ground and extreme psychedelia of the Mahayana su…
01:16:26 |
Sat 28 Dec 2019
Reversing the Stack— A Nondual Practice Map, with Michael Taft
In this episode, host Michael Taft remixes his map of deconstructing sensory experience, and talks about how to use it to work in nondual traditions.
00:34:44 |
Fri 22 Nov 2019
What Does Dreaming Have to Do with Meditation? with Andrew Holecek
Host Michael Taft speaks with Dream Yoga expert Andrew Holecek about how the dream state (and dreamless sleep) can effect meditation practice.
01:07:21 |
Wed 23 Oct 2019
Deconstructing Sensory Experience, with Michael Taft
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…
00:43:30 |
Tue 24 Sep 2019
Vajrayana, Engineering, and Jiu Jitsu, with Rin’dzin Pamo
Host Michael Taft speaks with Vajrayana teacher Rin’dzin Pamo about Vajrayana meditation practice currently, adapting practices for our times, their practice of The Mind Illuminated, the role of the …
00:57:15 |
Tue 13 Aug 2019
Why Metadharma?, Pt. 2, with Vincent Horn
The topic of these discussions is a subject that both speakers are actively developing, called “metadharma.” In brief, metadharma refers to the many different ways that the dharma is being adapted, r…
00:35:36 |
Wed 31 Jul 2019
Meditation, Emotions, and the Bio-Emotive Framework with Douglas Tataryn
Host Michael Taft speaks with clinical psychologist and life coach, Douglas Tataryn, Ph.D. about meditation and psychology.
01:20:11 |
Sun 14 Jul 2019
Loch Kelly on Awareness, Freedom, and Effortless Mindfulness
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 no…
01:35:14 |
Wed 03 Jul 2019
Culadasa on Meditation and Therapy
In this special episode, Culadasa talks about the domains of meditation and psychotherapy, where their areas of effectiveness overlap and where they don’t.
01:18:42 |
Sun 02 Jun 2019
Meditation for the End of Civilization, with Rick Hanson, Ph.D.
Host Michael W. Taft speaks with bestselling author and meditation teacher Rick Hanson about how to maintain resilience in the face of the coming potential collapse of civilization, the problem with …
01:13:17 |
Sun 21 Apr 2019
The Liberating Practice of the Fire Kasina, with Daniel Ingram
Author and meditation teacher Daniel Ingram speaks with host Michael W. Taft about how the Fire Kasina practice can be used as an insight practice.
01:15:02 |
Wed 27 Mar 2019
Meditation, Madness, and Psychology, with Tucker Peck
Tucker Peck, meditation teacher and clinical psychologist, talks with host Michael Taft about how whether awakening (both in the traditional “stream entry” sense or in other definitions) actually “fi…
01:12:39 |
Fri 08 Mar 2019
Embodying Awakening, with Mukti
Nondual spiritual teacher Mukti talks with host Michael Taft about the debate between the Direct and Progressive paths of realization, working with energetics and embodiment, and more.
00:55:47 |
Mon 11 Feb 2019
Deconstructing the Heart Sutra, with Jayarava Attwood
Buddhist scholar Jayarava Attwood speaks with host Michael Taft about the fact that the Sanskrit Heart Sutra is a forgery, and more.
00:59:28 |
Sun 20 Jan 2019
Robert Anton Wilson, High Weirdness, and Buddhist Meditation, with Erik Davis
Michael Taft speaks with Erik Davis about author Robert Anton Wilson, anarchism in the 1970s, Terrence McKenna, P.K. Dick, psychedelics, cultures of awakening now and then, Zen practice, and more.
01:04:56 |
Fri 14 Dec 2018
What Can AI Tell Us about the Human Mind? with Joscha Bach
Host Michael Taft speaks with Joscha Bach about artificial intelligence, the sense of self, and more
01:03:07 |
Sun 18 Nov 2018
Doubt, Faith, and Fun in Meditation Practice, with Daniel Ingram
Daniel Ingram and Michael Taft talk about the Fire Kasina practice, how making mental objects the focus can lead to deep awakening, and more.
01:14:37 |
Tue 23 Oct 2018
Feminism, Sexual Misconduct, and the Guru in Buddhism, with Chandra Easton
Chandra Easton and Michael Taft talk about gender and sexual misconduct in Buddhism, why compassion must be a part of spiritual practice, and the place of the guru in modern culture.
01:22:48 |
Thu 11 Oct 2018
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