Transcend Yourself Through Meditation

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Fiction therapy meditation religion all in theory can help you transcend yourself. I would say that there are gradations to transcendence right and there are different modes in which we can transcend ourselves. The ultimate mode for me is transcending the sense of the very sense that there's a you that there's a subject in the center of your experience.

According to neuroscientist and philosopher Sam Harris, rationality is the key to safeguarding everything we cherish, and its only true enemy is dogmatic inflexibility. Harris speaks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the views that have made Harris famous, teasing out the often mind-blowing subtleties of his religious and cultural critiques. They discuss what Harris has learned as a podcaster and author, and how ecstasy launched his spiritual journey. Finally, they move on to the power of meditation, exploring the way it can lead to self-transcendence and real connection with others.