Spiritual Bypassing and the Spiritual Friend

Spiritual Bypassing and the Spiritual Friend

Host Michael Taft talks about the phenomenon of spiritual bypassing, what it is, what it means for our practice, and whether it is as big of an issue as many seem to think, as well as the importance of having a meditation buddy, and the ageless tradition of the “soul friend.”


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Practicing Tummo with Peter McEwen

Practicing Tummo with Peter McEwen

Host Michael Taft speaks with meditation coach Peter McEwen about the traditional Tibetan Buddhist practice of tummo, deity yoga, the subtle body, ways that tummo practice can go wrong, bliss and seme...

25 Jun 202453min

Jhanas, Technology, and Tradition with Stephen Zerfas

Jhanas, Technology, and Tradition with Stephen Zerfas

Host Michael Taft speaks with entrepreneur and meditator Stephen Zerfas on using technology to potentially enhance the learning of the jhanas, Zerfas’ background in meditation and jhana practice, and ...

1 Mai 202441min

Embodying the 21 Taras with Chandra Easton.

Embodying the 21 Taras with Chandra Easton.

Host Michael Taft speaks with meditation teacher Chandra Easton about her new book Embodying Tara: 21 Manifestations to Awaken Your Innate Wisdom, the background of Green Tara, why there are 21 differ...

6 Mar 202452min

Can You Learn Meditation from an AI? - with Shinzen Young

Can You Learn Meditation from an AI? - with Shinzen Young

Host Michael Taft talks with teacher Shinzen Young about Shinzen's decades-long dream of computer-based meditation instruction, his current creation of a rule-based, expert system based on Artificial ...

6 Feb 20241h

A Conversation with Jeffrey Kripal

A Conversation with Jeffrey Kripal

Host Michael Taft speaks with author and professor Jeffrey Kripal about his early aspiration to be a Benedictine monk, the prophetic dimensions of the humanities, the sudden conversion, or "flip," int...

22 Jan 202449min

Transgression with Erik Davis

Transgression with Erik Davis

Host Michael Taft speaks with author and journalist Erik Davis about the power of partaking in the forbidden and the loss when formerly forbidden things become normalized, particularly in the case of ...

31 Des 20231h 9min

A Conversation with Sam Harris

A Conversation with Sam Harris

Host Michael Taft speaks with author, philosopher, and neuroscientist Sam Harris about the fusion of vipassana and nondual practice as the “gold standard” for practitioners, insights into selflessnes...

2 Des 20231h 1min

The Power of the Imaginal with Stephen Aizenstat

The Power of the Imaginal with Stephen Aizenstat

Host Michael Taft talks with “Boss Jungian of Planet Earth” Stephen Aizenstat about diving into the depths of our authentic creativity, finding purpose in the imaginal, engaging "an imagination that o...

4 Nov 20231h 7min

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