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Why I'm Not a Buddhist

The Contemplative Science Podcast

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The Biggest Metaphysical Story

You can have these experiential experiences, but just the nature of the experience you're having doesn't give you any further information on the problem you're trying to solve. That's quite an unsexy answer though, right? Because the nitrogen really is a word. Well, as far as the heady metaphors, it's sexy. It's unsexy and as far as if you're in the game, I think lots of people are as a psychological resource. You look at something like Buddhism or enlightenment and go, that sounds great. In some ways, in order for you to buy the fact it would be so great, you need the metaphysics.

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