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#181 — The Illusory Self

Making Sense with Sam Harris

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Making Sense - Is There a Difference?

Waking up ap is about first person approaches to understanding the nature of the mind. The making sense poncast is i'm talking about everything that interests me, from physics to politics. Most of what i have to say about meditation and first person methods of exploring consciousness will be said on the ap not on this poncast. But in today's poncast, i want to give you sceptics one more shot at understanding what i'm up to. I've been slow to understand just how much intellectual work is being done by the fact that i have had certain experiences in meditation. These insights are important intellectually. They clear up philosophical and ethical and even scientific confusion.

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