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#147 — Stephen Fry

Making Sense with Sam Harris

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Is There a Difference Between Being Lost in Thought and Mindfulness?

With mindfulness, you actually see there's a choice between being lost in thought or thinking without even being dimly aware. Andi it is just, listen this. It's good to be angry for the next ten minutes. That's how i'm going to write this scene. Well, then then use it that way. Yes, yes. I wouldn't want to overstate the values of we tend to call negative emotions like anger and fear and so on. The those of us who are ruled by negative and are finding some silver lining to them. Whereas mostly they're just a source of suffering that would be great to get rid of. If you can't notice the next thought arise and

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