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#230 — An Insurrection of Lies

Making Sense with Sam Harris

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The Nature of Consciousness Is Available in a Cave

You can't let meditation turn you into a new age goof bull who just burns incense and thinks that the universe is one big mystery. If you don't understand that we need to mount a competent response to the challenges we face on a hundred fronts, you're not really getting what i'm teaching over there at waking up. The nature of consciousness is available everywhere, even in a cave. And many great contemplatives have found it in a cave. I've met great tibetan yogis who have spent years in caves. But i would prefer not to have to live in one because the world has become a cormac mc carthy novel....

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