Exploring the Small Self and Open Awareness

Join Loch Kelly the creator of the mindful glimpses app in this insightful conversation with renowned author, meditation teacher and neuroscientist, Sam Harris. In this deep dialogue, Loch and Sam explore the vast landscape of meditation, non-duality. They share their personal early encounters with Dzogchen and Mahamudra teachers and teachings. Sam and Loch offer distinctive contemporary perspectives on mindfulness and non-duality, shedding light on how mindfulness can be a powerful gateway to understanding what creates suffering and a doorway to access our true nature which liberates us. The uses of attention and different types of awareness are also explored, along with a practical exercise to transition from the spotlight of attention to a more expansive and encompassing non-dual awareness and a natural embodied compassion.

51:57 The episode features Loch offering a guided practice which Sam then participates in and then shares what he experiences. This short inquiry style glimpse is designed to explore non-dual awareness and familiarize listeners with the next stages of embodied presence and awake loving flow consciousness. These mindful glimpses serve as invaluable tools for experiencing ways to access the awake consciousness that is already here within all of us.

You can now explore all of Loch Kelly's practices and teachings on the new Mindful Glimpses app, found at https://lochkelly.org/mindful-glimpses. This innovative meditation and wellness app offers daily micro-meditations, step by step programs, and simple-yet-advanced tools for awakening. 

Sam Harris, an author, philosopher, and neuroscientist, explores a wide array of subjects, from neuroscience and moral philosophy to religion and meditation. With a philosophy degree from Stanford University and a Ph.D. in neuroscience from UCLA, Sam is also an accomplished meditation practitioner, having trained with various teachers. He's made meditation more accessible through the creation of the Waking Up app, offering a modern and scientific approach. Sam also hosts the critically acclaimed Making Sense Podcast. https://www.samharris.org/

Loch Kelly is the creator of the Mindful Glimpses app, award winning author, psychotherapist, and nondual meditation teacher known for his unique practical methods that support awakening as the next natur

You can now explore all of Loch Kelly's practices and teachings on the new Mindful Glimpses app, found at https://lochkelly.org/mindful-glimpses. This innovative meditation and wellness app offers daily micro-meditations, step-by-step programs, and simple-yet-advanced tools for awakening.

Loch Kelly Bio

Loch is the creator of the Mindful Glimpses app, and an award-winning author, psychotherapist, and non-dual meditation teacher. He is also known for his unique practical methods that support awakening as the next natural stage of human development. Backed by modern neuroscience and psychology, Loch introduces Effortless Mindfulness, which combines an ancient form of nondual meditation and IFS psychology that allows immediate access to our embodied awake nature which arises as our calm, clear, and compassionate healing capacity.

Connect with Loch:

Mobile App: https://lochkelly.org/mindful-glimpses
Website: https://lochkelly.org/
Donate: https://lochkelly.org/donate
Podcast: https://lochkelly.org/podcast