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Episode 58: Donald Hoffman

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Seeing Through the Illusory Self

Letting go of self referential thought, i.e. my reputation, how I appear to others, is it not? Yes, you could say that. If we go directly to the experience of simply being, simply being is our fundamental experience prior to thoughts, sensations and perceptions. Most people's sense of their self is a combination of their essential being which is utterly intimate and yet impersonal. So in this very direct approach, we don't work through the illusion. We just go straight to the core feeling of being myself or I am.

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