Michael Taft Interviewed by Pranab

"Host Michael Taft is interviewed by Pranab Sachidanandan about Michael's Stack Model for deconstructing sensory experience, his "adapter kit" for accessing nondual Vajrayana methods without years of preliminaries, why mantra and visualization are legitimate samadhi tools, how depth of practice maps across the sense gates, a chronic pain patient on a morphine pump who found relief through meditation, the humanities as qualia training, why the "Buddha industrial complex" leaves out people who don't fit a single tradition, and the power of building sangha outside it."

"Pranab Sachitananadan is the founder of Attention Copilot ( attncopilot.com), a service that brings meditative presence into the act of work itself, helping people go from stuckness to flow in real time. Pranab is a longtime student of Michael Taft, a facilitator at Jhourney, and an early hire at several technology startups. Learn more at x.com/nopranablem. You can support the creation of future episodes of this podcast by contributing through Patreon."

A Stack Model deconstructs sensory experience into layered processes that reveal how sense data, attention, and practice interact. An adapter kit provides a practical path to nondual Vajrayana methods without multi-year preliminary requirements. Mantra and visualization operate as legitimate samadhi tools by shaping attention and qualia across sensory channels. Practice depth maps onto engagement across sense gates, with subtler capacities emerging as training deepens. Meditation can produce meaningful relief for chronic pain patients, including those dependent on opioid pumps. Humanities education can function as qualia training that sharpens perceptual sensitivity. Building sangha outside single-tradition institutions includes those otherwise excluded.

Read at Deconstructing Yourself