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Robert Wright on Meditation, Mindfulness, and Why Buddhism is True

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The Mystery of Consciousness

Daniel Dennis: My view of consciousness is first of all, it's mysterious. He says we were designed by natural selection that our consciousness is so often adulterated with grasping and I would say out and out Warped. In his book Audacious he explains how meditation can help relax the mind into a state more pleasant for us.

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