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Special Episode: Sam Harris & Meditation is all you need

Decoding the Gurus

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Is There a Science of the Mind?

meditation is based on revealed truth and ineffable truths that can only be the phenomena logically experienced. In that sense, it is just like a religion. It may not make any claims about life after death or anything like that. But in terms of its epistemics, it's the same as a religion. And it cannot be described as a science. Yes, it's a mistake to regard what you gin froma introspective practice,. There may be strands which are recurrent, right? Like everybody will almost definitely realize that they have little ability to control their mind without thinking about alther topics for five minutes. They will quickly realize that that's much harder than you may expect then.

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