#96 - The Nature of Consciousness
Making Sense with Sam Harris - Subscriber Content
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The Problem With Selflessness
"I'm absolutely certain that these experiences exist over the centuries, and that they're also probably the most valuable states of consciousness human beings can experience," he says. "But I don't have to you know, believe your phenomenological reports about this because they contain a logical contradiction." He adds: 'If you try to mentally imagine a selfless experience, that is a mental action, the act of imagination... And it creates a sense of effort'
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