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#96 - The Nature of Consciousness

Making Sense with Sam Harris - Subscriber Content

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The Culture Hasn't Yet Been Created

The culture has not yet been created that fully embodies the totality of human wisdom. We have no right to be provincial anymore, and we just have to take the best ideas wherever we find them. What science brings is insight into our own mortality. 80% of humankind on this planet are deeply anchored in systems of mortality denial. And I think many of the spiritual traditions that have developed this practical knowledge of meditation are also systems of mortality deny.

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