Sam Harris: Transcend the Illusion of Self
Mayim Bialik's Breakdown
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The Power of Mindfulness
The goal in that time period of my life or in that specific experience was that the goal was to notice a thought and not follow it. And often the breath was used to help the mind not focus on the next thing because we have patterns of thought. One of the most noticeable things for me is I started getting heartburn the last handful of years. It is connected to two things: The news when I'm in an already agitated state and not meditating. With regular meditation, I use Insight Timer, I use a free app. All of the Western medication that I finally gave into still was not doing anything and meditation did it.
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