Michael Taft, host of the Deconstructing Yourself podcast, interviewed Stephen to discuss:
- Practicing the Pa Auk Jhānas
- How vulnerability is the path to authentic strength
- How both Zen and Theravada practice led to Stephen’s awakening
- How to balance psychological development with awakening
- “Protective” meditations
- Koan practice
- “Aloneness” as a spiritual path
- The 3 factors which are present in an authentic awakening
You can listen to the recording here: https://deconstructingyourself.com/awakening-cessation-and-vulnerability-with-stephen-snyder.html