The importance trap is the problem of trying to feel unlimited in a world that offers infinite inputs. The more you pay attention, the more sort of complexity and beauty you can find,. So I think that's a really, really cool experience for him to do that. It gets me thinking about meditations I've done on things like your hand or an apple. And you kind of look at it so closely that it starts taking on this enormous complexity they are not used to. Yes, yes, no, it's not easy. And my meditation practice is a pretty shoddy thing. But when it works, it does work.

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