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Michael Taft

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Michael W. Taft is an author, editor, meditation teacher, and neuroscience junkie. He is currently a meditation coach specializing in secular, science-based meditation training in corporate settings and one-on-one sessions. Michael is the author of several books, including the upcoming The Mindful Geek, and Nondualism: A Brief History of a Timeless Concept, Ego (which he co-authored), as well as the editor of such books as Hardwiring Happiness by Rick Hanson and the upcoming The Science of Enlightenment by Shinzen Young.

He has taught at Google and worked on curriculum development for SIYLI. Michael is also an official advisor to the Therapeutic Neuroscience Lab. He was previously editor-in-chief of Being Human, a site for exploring what evo ...more

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	The Mindful Geek: Mindfulness Meditation for Secular Skeptics 4.07 avg rating — 585 ratings — published 2015 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Nondualism: A Brief History of a Timeless Concept 4.14 avg rating — 42 ratings — published 2014 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ego: The Fall of the Twin Towers and the Rise of an Enlightened Humanity by Michael W. Taft, Michael Taft (Goodreads Author) 3.87 avg rating — 38 ratings — published 2010 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Folk Tale Journey Through the Maritimes by Helen Creighton, Michael Taft (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Ronald Caplan (Editor) 3.75 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 1993 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“The answer is simple: it’s not the world that is boring and repetitive, it’s your mind that is boring and repetitive. Your”
― Michael Taft, The Mindful Geek: Mindfulness Meditation for Secular Skeptics

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“Most of us live in a state of perpetual “could be better.” We’re so used to having control over every little parameter of our lives that we cannot focus on what’s going right, only on what’s going wrong. That’s the viewpoint we always seem to be coming from, and it means that we are perpetually unsatisfied, unhappy, disappointed, and ungrateful.”
― Michael Taft, The Mindful Geek: Mindfulness Meditation for Secular Skeptics

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“It’s crucial to remember that your attention is one of the most precious capacities you possess.”
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