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#295 - Philosophy and the Good Life

Making Sense with Sam Harris - Subscriber Content

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Mindfulness: An Escape Valve for Suffering

David Perry: If you can really be with this next moment of pain or unpleasant experience, you can recognize that most of the suffering, if not all of the suffering. He says so much of our suffering is born of the resistance to the suffering we imagine is coming in the future. "I'm agnostic as to whether this is possible with the worst possible pains," he adds.

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