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.
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Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 4 days 17 minutes
episode 53: A Conversation with Ken McLeod
A wide-ranging conversation between writer, translator, teacher, and business consultant, Ken McLeod and host Michael Taft about meditation, Vajrayana, and more.
episode 52: Paranoia, Conspiracy, and Covid, with Erik Davis
Author, podcaster, award-winning journalist, and cultural historian Erik Davis speaks with host Michael Taft about paranoia and conspiracy in the current moment.
episode 51: Effortlessness in Meditation, with Jud Brewer
Neuroscientist and mindfulness expert Jud Brewer speaks with host Michael Taft about his research into mindfulness meditation and effortlessness.
episode 50: Awakening and the Path of Liberation, with Dan Brown
Psychologist, author, translator, and meditation teacher, Dan Brown talks with host Michael Taft about the three levels of practice from a taste of awakening to "full buddhahood," and much more.
episode 49: Vajrayana, Compassion, and the Importance of the Teacher, with Ken McLeod
Writer, translator, teacher, and business consultant, Ken McLeod speaks with host Michael Taft about Coronavirus, social distancing, nature doing what it does, overcoming cultural conditioning, enlightenment as a "system change," practices for overcoming cultural conditioning and developing compassion, the importance of the teacher-student relationship, the viability of Vajrayana practice in the West, and much more.
episode 48: Why Do Narcissists Become Spiritual Teachers, with Stephan Bodian
Nondual teacher and psychotherapist Stephan Bodian and host Michael Taft discuss how and way narcissists rise to the top of spiritual organizations, and more.
episode 47: Questioning Assumptions about Buddhism, with Evan Thompson
Evan Thompson discusses his new book, “Why I Am Not a Buddhist” with host Michael Taft.
episode 46: 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.
episode 45: Nonduality and Awake Awareness, with Loch Kelly
Nondual teacher and psychotherapist Loch Kelly speaks with host Michael Taft about what nondualism.
episode 44: 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 sutras, Suchness as the opposite of Emptiness, and more.