Deconstructing Yourself

By Michael W. Taft

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Episodes: 92


 Apr 13, 2019

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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.


Episode Date
Embodying the 21 Taras with Chandra Easton.
Mar 06, 2024
Can You Learn Meditation from an AI? - with Shinzen Young
Feb 06, 2024
A Conversation with Jeffrey Kripal
Jan 22, 2024
Transgression with Erik Davis
Dec 31, 2023
A Conversation with Sam Harris
Dec 02, 2023
The Power of the Imaginal with Stephen Aizenstat
Nov 04, 2023
Nondual Love with A. H. Almaas
Oct 30, 2023
Tantra and Embodied Awakening with Christopher Wallis.
Sep 29, 2023
Reverse Meditation with Andrew Holecek
Aug 23, 2023
A Conversation with Kati Devaney
Jul 13, 2023
A Few Stray Points about Nonduality with Jake Orthwein
Apr 18, 2023
Exploring Nondual Shaiva Tantra with Christopher Wallis
Mar 20, 2023
The Magic of Vajrayana Part 2 with Ken McLeod
Feb 27, 2023
The Magic of Vajrayana with Ken McLeod
Feb 14, 2023
Meditation and the Bayesian Brain with Shamil Chandaria
Dec 17, 2022
John Vervaeke on Relevance Realization
Oct 05, 2022
A Conversation with Rosa Lewis
Sep 06, 2022
Changing Minds with David McRaney
Jul 24, 2022
A Conversation with Guy Sengstock
Jun 01, 2022
The Power of Non-sleep Deep Rest with Kelly Boys
May 04, 2022
A Conversation on Nonduality with Andrew Holecek
Apr 25, 2022
Nondual Teachings of LinJi, with Shinzen Young
Mar 14, 2022
Can People Really Change? with Tina Rasmussen.
Jan 19, 2022
Meditation, Insight, and Predictive Processing with Ruben Laukkonen
Jan 04, 2022
Eco-Aesthetics and the Poetry of Longing with Rick Jarow
Nov 30, 2021
Vision, Visualization, and Vajrayana, with Chandra Easton
Nov 01, 2021
Talking about Zen Koans with Henry Shukman
Aug 18, 2021
Vajrayana as a Living Practice, with Ken McLeod
Jul 20, 2021
Dimensions of Nonduality with Tina Rasmussen
Jun 30, 2021
Meditation and Communication with Shinzen Young
Jun 02, 2021
Spiritual Bypassing and the Spiritual Friend
May 17, 2021
Meditation and Healing Trauma with Thomas Hübl
Apr 01, 2021
A Conversation with Spring Washam
Mar 12, 2021
Talking with People about Things, with David McRaney
Feb 03, 2021
Soulmaking Dharma, with Catherine McGee
Dec 08, 2020
Dreams and the Spiritual Imagination, with Steve Aizenstat
Nov 06, 2020
Love Unveiled with A. H. Almaas
Oct 07, 2020
Vajrayana and Deity Yoga with Chandra Easton
Sep 21, 2020
Evolving Ground with Rindzin Pamo and Jared Janes
Aug 25, 2020
A Conversation with Ken McLeod
Aug 03, 2020
Paranoia, Conspiracy, and Covid, with Erik Davis
Jul 14, 2020
Effortlessness in Meditation, with Jud Brewer
Jun 07, 2020
Awakening and the Path of Liberation, with Dan Brown
May 20, 2020
Vajrayana, Compassion, and the Importance of the Teacher, with Ken McLeod
Apr 22, 2020
Why Do Narcissists Become Spiritual Teachers, with Stephan Bodian
Mar 21, 2020
Questioning Assumptions about Buddhism, with Evan Thompson
Feb 16, 2020
The Nondual Heart, with John Prendergast
Feb 07, 2020
Nonduality and Awake Awareness, with Loch Kelly
Jan 26, 2020
Meditating with Buddhist Sutras, with Michael Owens
Dec 28, 2019
Reversing the Stack— A Nondual Practice Map, with Michael Taft
Nov 22, 2019
What Does Dreaming Have to Do with Meditation? with Andrew Holecek
Oct 23, 2019
Deconstructing Sensory Experience, with Michael Taft
Sep 24, 2019
Vajrayana, Engineering, and Jiu Jitsu, with Rin’dzin Pamo
Aug 13, 2019
Why Metadharma?, Pt. 2, with Vincent Horn
Jul 31, 2019
Meditation, Emotions, and the Bio-Emotive Framework with Douglas Tataryn
Jul 14, 2019
Loch Kelly on Awareness, Freedom, and Effortless Mindfulness
Jul 03, 2019
Culadasa on Meditation and Therapy
Jun 02, 2019
Meditation for the End of Civilization, with Rick Hanson, Ph.D.
Apr 21, 2019
The Liberating Practice of the Fire Kasina, with Daniel Ingram
Mar 27, 2019
Meditation, Madness, and Psychology, with Tucker Peck
Mar 08, 2019
Embodying Awakening, with Mukti
Feb 11, 2019
Deconstructing the Heart Sutra, with Jayarava Attwood
Jan 20, 2019
Robert Anton Wilson, High Weirdness, and Buddhist Meditation, with Erik Davis
Dec 14, 2018
What Can AI Tell Us about the Human Mind? with Joscha Bach
Nov 18, 2018
Doubt, Faith, and Fun in Meditation Practice, with Daniel Ingram
Oct 23, 2018
Feminism, Sexual Misconduct, and the Guru in Buddhism, with Chandra Easton
Oct 11, 2018
Deconstructing Michael, with Erik Newton
Sep 18, 2018
Emptiness, Liberation, and Beauty, with Rob Burbea
Aug 27, 2018
Walking, Nature, and Engaged Buddhism, with Christopher Titmuss
Aug 14, 2018
Lucid Dreaming, Meditation, and Consciousness, with Evan Thompson
Jun 30, 2018
Are More People Achieving Stream Entry These Days? with Culadasa
Jun 11, 2018
Emotions, Stress, and Heartbreak, with Eve Ekman
May 29, 2018
Why Good Teachers Go Bad, with Shinzen Young
May 18, 2018
Deconstructing Dependent Arising, with Leigh Brasington
Apr 29, 2018
Seeing Your Blind Spots, with Kelly Boys
Apr 15, 2018
Popping the Bubble of Projection, with Daniel Ingram
Apr 02, 2018
Standing at the Edge, with Roshi Joan Halifax
Mar 15, 2018
Eddies in the Mind Stream, with Rick Hanson, Ph.D.
Mar 01, 2018
Diving Deep into the Jhanas, with Leigh Brasington
Feb 05, 2018
Enlightened Sexuality, with Jessica Graham
Jan 22, 2018
Consciousness, Spirituality, and Intellectual Honesty, with Thomas Metzinger
Dec 29, 2017
Reality Let Loose, with A. H. Almaas
Dec 14, 2017
Attention, Awareness, and the Great Adventure, with Culadasa
Dec 04, 2017
The Craving Mind, with Judson Brewer
Oct 25, 2017
Meditation, Magick, and the Fire Kasina, with Daniel Ingram
Sep 27, 2017
Enlightenment’s Evil Twin, with Shinzen Young
Sep 08, 2017
Pattern and Nebulosity, with David Chapman
Aug 07, 2017
The Great Unbundling, with Vincent Horn
Jul 14, 2017
Feather Light & Paper Thin, with Shinzen Young
Jun 14, 2017
Masters of Oblivion, with Kenneth Folk
May 22, 2017
The Cosmic Joke, with Kenneth Folk
May 22, 2017
Am I Mindful Right Now? with Kenneth Folk
May 22, 2017