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#102 - Is Buddhism True?

Making Sense with Sam Harris - Subscriber Content

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The Limits of Consciousness

consciousness is actually not identified with the organism in the way that would seem evolutionarily rational. Most people don't feel identical to their bodies they feel like they're riding around in their bodies and they're up in their heads as something smaller kind of a locus of consciousness. When you start out as a meditator you close your eyes and you're given this first task of paying attention to the breath most people feels like they're in their heads behind their eyes.

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