Michael Taft Interviewed by Pranab

Michael Taft Interviewed by Pranab

From Deconstructing Yourself by Michael W. Taft

February 7, 2026 · 34 min · Episode 110

About this episode

Michael Taft discusses his Stack Model for sensory experience and various meditation practices with Pranab Sachithanandan.

Host Michael Taft is interviewed by Pranab Sachithanandan 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 . See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

People in this episode

Host: Michael Taft

Guest: Pranab Sachithanandan

Topics covered

  • deconstructing sensory experience
  • nondual Vajrayana methods
  • mantra and visualization
  • chronic pain and meditation
  • Buddhism
  • sangha

Keywords

  • meditation
  • qualia training
  • Buddha industrial complex

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Products: Attention Copilot

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