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Jhāna and Peak Experiences

The Contemplative Science Podcast

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Introduction

Jonas Mago is a cognitive neuroscientist and well-being aficionado. He's currently pursuing his doctoral studies in neuroscience at McGill University. We're going to be talking about peak experiences and particularly something called genres. Jonas: At some point meditation keeps picking up. There's strong joy or pity arising. And I would say it's probably one of the most concentrated and most stable states of mind that is accessible to us humans.

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