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 13: Enlightened Sexuality, with Jessica Graham
In this episode, I talk with Jessica Graham about her book Good Sex, the #MeToo movement, the power of self love and acceptance, a beginner’s guide to spiritual awakening through sexuality, mindful masturbation, aspects of puritanism in Buddhism, the meditative way to work with “love drugs,” and much more.
episode 12: Consciousness, Spirituality, and Intellectual Honesty, with Thomas Metzinger
Thomas Metzinger and Michael W. Taft discuss having moral integrity with yourself, intellectual honesty in the pursuit of spirituality, the overlapping goals of science and spirituality, the possibility of a fully secularized spirituality, neurofeedback and virtual reality, mortality denial, the simulation hypothesis, and a whole bunch more.
episode 11: Reality Let Loose, with A. H. Almaas
In this episode, 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 is a contemporary teaching developed within the context of both ancient spiritual teachings and modern depth psychology theories.
episode 10: Attention, Awareness, and the Great Adventure, with Culadasa
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.
episode 9: The Craving Mind, with Judson Brewer
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.
episode 8: Meditation, Magick, and the Fire Kasina, with Daniel Ingram
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, siddhis and visionary experiences, Daniel’s wizarding worldview, and much more.
episode 7: Enlightenment’s Evil Twin, with Shinzen Young
Meditation teacher and neuroscience consultant Shinzen Young and host Michael W. Taft talk about the Dark Night of the Soul.
episode 6: Pattern and Nebulosity, with David Chapman
Scientist, programmer, and author David Chapman talks with Michael W. Taft about metarationality, emptiness and form, nihilism, tantrism, dzogchen, Kegan’s stages of development applied to meditation, vampire romance novels, and the importance of being able to switch reality tunnels.
episode 5: The Great Unbundling, with Vincent Horn
In this episode host Michael Taft talks with mindfulness teacher and co-founder of the Buddhist Geeks project, Vincent Horn.
episode 4: Feather Light & Paper Thin, with Shinzen Young
Meditation teacher Shinzen Young and host Michael W. Taft talk about the relationship between mindfulness practice and nondual-type practices.