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Deconstructing Yourself is all about sharing the life-changing force that is meditation.

We extend beyond any particular religion or technique in order to welcome any and all who are interested.

Deconstructing Yourself strives to encourage, inform, and inspire your meditation practice towards ongoing awakening.

Yours,

Michael W. Taft

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July 28, 2024 No Comments

Guided Meditation by Michael Taft First 15 min – Shamatha with an object.Then Dissolving with the OutbreathThen Shamatha without an objectThen the body is deconstructed

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July 21, 2024 No Comments

Guided Meditation with Michael Taft In this hour-long guided meditation, Michael Taft leads you through the four Brahma Viharas Meditation, or “Divine Abodes.”

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July 14, 2024 No Comments

Author, podcaster, award-winning journalist, and cultural historian Erik Davis speaks with host Michael Taft about QAnon as a new religion, Gnostic psychology and the power

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