Sam Harris describes the properties of consciousness and how mindfulness practices of all stripes can be used to transcend one's ego.
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Amit Goswami, Ph.D ON Quantum Physics & Consciousness, Why do we all feel separate.
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We discuss binaural beats and how they can help us with awakening and expanding our consciousness. Also, talk about NDE’s and how we can have the same experience with meditation as well as binaural beats.
What is death? Our materialist science reduces everything to matter, materialist science in the West says that we are just meat, we’re just our bodies. So when the brain is dead, that’s the end of consciousness, there is no life after death, there is no soul; we just rot and are gone.
The Stoics bring forth the theme of self-control on a regular basis. Epictetus, for example, spoke about abstaining from talking about vulgar things, and Marcus Aurelius points out that we should set limits to comfort and consumption.
How do we change? In this pioneering talk, Dr. Shauna Shapiro draws on modern neuroscience and ancient wisdom to demonstrate how mindfulness can help us make positive changes in our brains and our lives.
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our version of reality is an illusion. It doesn't exist outside your head. Enlightenment is just seeing things as they are-all that's needed is a shift of perception. But beware, Adyashanti warns "there's nothing in it for the ego."
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The first decades of our life are mostly spent in making adaptations to the world and its demands upon us. The central project of mid-life and beyond is the recovery of a deeper sense of identity, rediscovery of purpose, and the development of a more mature sensibility.