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Sam Harris on Meditation, Mindfulness, and Morality

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Mindfulness and Meditation Is Not a Matter of Thinking New Thoughts

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"I'm not a pacifist I think pacifism when you actually get to the bottom of it is a it's actually an obscenely immoral view and dogmatic commitment" "It would also be ethical to lie to Nazis before you start killing them so lying is all the domain of thinking good thoughts in the end mindfulness ultimately is a matter of breaking this spell" 'There's no implication for one's sense of well-being presented by the next arising thought there's just there's no problem'

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