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Is there a hack for enlightenment?

The Gray Area with Sean Illing

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What's Going on in the Brain?

People get a little freaked out when they imagine that their most precious experiences, such as feeling in love with someone, or the compassion you feel for someone whose suffering is of great importance to them. But if you get used to thinking about it, it stops freaking you out. You just come to realize that your brain is this incredibly beautiful and complex machine and biological organism. I'll ask kate and wesley to tell me about another form of technology that actually uses brain data to help people improve their meditation practice. Turns out that this technology is already round and is pretty accessible to the average consumer. That's after the break.

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