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#263 - The Paradox of Death

Making Sense with Sam Harris - Subscriber Content

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Consciousness Is Inextricably Impersonal

There won't be a time at which your existence will end. consciousness is intrinsically impersonal because it's merely the light by which anything that is personal is known. All of these personal things are merely appearances in consciousness. Consciousness itself is utterly undefined. It's the impersonal condition in which everything else arises. We should not expect to experience oblivion after death, even if death is synonymous with the end of experience.

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