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. Jud talks wi...
25 Okt 20171h 6min
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, Dan...
27 Sep 20171h 27min
Enlightenment’s Evil Twin, with Shinzen Young
Meditation teacher and neuroscience consultant Shinzen Young and host Michael W. Taft talk about what mindfulness teachers are getting wrong, Shinzen’s Periodic Table of Happiness Elements, informed c...
8 Sep 20171h 40min
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,...
7 Aug 20171h 13min
The Great Unbundling, with Vincent Horn
In this episode I talk with mindfulness teacher and co-founder of the Buddhist Geeks project, Vincent Horn. Vince is part of new generation of teachers translating age-old wisdom into 21st century cod...
14 Jul 20171h 10min
Feather Light & Paper Thin, with Shinzen Young
Meditation teacher Shinzen Young and host Michael W. Taft talk about the relationship between mindfulness practice (as it is usually defined) and nondual-type practices (or non-practices, if you like)...
14 Jun 20171h 29min
Masters of Oblivion, with Kenneth Folk
Pragmatic dharma teacher and host Michael W. Taft feel the power of the dark side, talk about nirvana, deconstruct the concept of nirvana, dive deep into the reality of death, look at the denial of de...
22 Mai 20171h 16min
The Cosmic Joke, with Kenneth Folk
Pragmatic dharma teacher Kenneth Folk and host Michael W. Taft discuss what it means to be mindful, various definitions of being mindful in the moment, the trouble with remaining mindful during an ent...
22 Mai 20171h 15min
