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#181 — The Illusory Self

Making Sense with Sam Harris

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I've Got a Head, You See My Eyes

i'm not in the business of trying persuade or convince any one. But if they are interested, i say, wello, you say that my head is here, you see my eyes. And come even closer, and you'll find cells, molecules, atoms, particles,. And i'm right at zero - but i'm aware and full of everything. This gets to what ae really are, the unique strength and liabilities of this way pointing. How there's no such thing as depththeres no place to go deep within through a practice of meditation to see this. I've been convinced for a long time that what douglas was getting at here, it really is the fundamental insight

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