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Jhāna and Peak Experiences

The Contemplative Science Podcast

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The Same Things Are Happening Mechanically

The same things are happening mechanically. The brains would look the same of everyone experiencing the same thing, but the significance would be different and perhaps the experience and phenomenology would be different because of the meaning we give it. I think that's right in the center, Jamie. So just to bring this back now to the science for a moment, we have like these John states where we're imagining happening on the mat and meditation. Is there something distinct you could see across 10 people having the same as your own estate? Would we see the same activity in the brain? Well, before we speak of the brain, I think there isn't even the same experience for these 10 people. In some

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