These guys are just incredible. Sam Harris and Christopher Hitchens put me on my quest for rational inquiry from religious dogma and ultimately into philosophy in general. Reading 'Letter to a Christian Nation' and 'God is Not Great' and Richard Dawkins' 'The God Delusion' was a total eureka moment for me. I am now a practicing Stoic, absolutely interested in critical thinking and teaching it to undergraduate students in Liberia, mindfulness meditation, and other Eastern traditions. I am on the quest to outdo myself and become a better person from moment to moment to moment each day. Thank you, Dan. Thank you, Sam.
Didn't Sam Harris start meditation under Ram Dass? Just wanted to know what does Neem Karoli baba exactly do... What are his teaching and his practice for meditation?
I signed on to Twitter a couple years ago and paid attention to it for about 3 days. That was more than enough. Never looked at it again. Apparently I'm not missing anything good. I'm not on TikTok, Instagram, or Reddit either. Zero interest.
Fascinating topics! It feels like 2 completely different Sams when ideology and bias come into play. I hope he won’t get into how “Israel is the lonely outpost of civilized ethics” and hasn’t “invaded or occupied anything in a long longtime”
I don't think there is anything wrong with the first statement. I would just add the caveat "in the middle east", just to contextualise it. I don't think second statement is true, but neither does Sam imo. In fact, he has even criticised Israelis for their settlement approach. However, one does wonder what other solution one has if not to destroy the terrorist government of Palestine and occupy the region to civilise it? It had become painfully clear Palestinians as they stand today are completely unable to come to terms with existence of Jews, and peace. So, rest of Arab states and the world should help Israel in transition & de-radicalisation of Palestine
Who bought that Panerai? Who or what ego does it gratify? Sam's or some dissociated alter? Honestly, this whole selflessness talk is just Sam at his most nonsensical. It becomes just gibberish, the same type of word salad that comes from Jordan Peterson or Deepak Chopra
Communicating a description of what it is like to be is certainly doomed to all flavors of word salads. I agree it sounds very similar to JP's gibberish. But I think there's a difference. Sam isn't drawing a connection between insights about consciousness and the overall nature of the universe. He's just talking about what it is like to be conscious through the filter of his brain. But honestly, its like trying to describe any subjective experience. The words have to resonate as a meaningful conceptual pattern to make any sense. And still, you can't ever be certain.
@@tyl3rb3ck LOL, I think one difference is Sam is generally extremely lucid and articulate, whereas with JP it's always gibberish. Sam always cites Douglas Harding, and his "having no head," but having dated a girl with multiple personalities, and thus researching the topic I think Harding, and perhaps Sam, and maybe Buddhists as a group are more suffering from a depersonalization disorder. For which, I think is maybe nice to think means you're "enlightened," but probably not. Douglas Harding's book is a yawner, let me tell ya, lol.
These guys are just incredible. Sam Harris and Christopher Hitchens put me on my quest for rational inquiry from religious dogma and ultimately into philosophy in general. Reading 'Letter to a Christian Nation' and 'God is Not Great' and Richard Dawkins' 'The God Delusion' was a total eureka moment for me. I am now a practicing Stoic, absolutely interested in critical thinking and teaching it to undergraduate students in Liberia, mindfulness meditation, and other Eastern traditions. I am on the quest to outdo myself and become a better person from moment to moment to moment each day. Thank you, Dan. Thank you, Sam.
This is probably the best interview I’ve ever heard of Sam. He is open and his explanations are precise. Good job Dan.
Didn't Sam Harris start meditation under Ram Dass? Just wanted to know what does Neem Karoli baba exactly do... What are his teaching and his practice for meditation?
I've always wondered if Sam had any sympathy to the more supernatural claims made in relation to meditation. Glad you guys got him to talk about it!
Yes! Thanks for watching!
Please, give us video in the future too!
I would love to hear Sam Harris in conversation with B. Alan Wallace
Great idea!
I signed on to Twitter a couple years ago and paid attention to it for about 3 days. That was more than enough. Never looked at it again. Apparently I'm not missing anything good. I'm not on TikTok, Instagram, or Reddit either. Zero interest.
"I don't eat a lot of meat, I just advertise it on my loving kindness promoting channel cause I'm attached to dollars" lol
The ads show where his heart is. That is also the problem with "being 10% happier." Only materialists and egotists would be interested.
Looking forward to this one!
Hope you like it!
Listening to this just imagine a teenage girl on twitter. It should never happen, save teens from toxic tech.
Is there a video available for this? Love the audio + video combination!
Not yet, but we'll be releasing videos more consistently moving forward!
Awesome! Thanks :)
There’s no difference between space and consciousness. That is an absolute fact and just like consciousness we don’t know where space comes from.
The mind is temporary. Consciousness (today’s hard problem) is permanent and fundamental.
Sam avoided the initial question that Matt had, which was asking what Sam mainly practices.
I think he practices brochen. It's a variant of Dzogchen, but with an emphasis on the bro component.
@@Kpac Ah yes, the lineage with the “bro”-ing out instructions.
How can you be certain?
How ironic I’m watching this on social media.
😢but this is social media; youtube and podcast aren't they
This could get Harri
booo
Wow! Send loving kind thoughts to all sentient beings and sign up for a year's worth of free chicken wings. Can't listen to any more of this shite 🤮
Fascinating topics!
It feels like 2 completely different Sams when ideology and bias come into play.
I hope he won’t get into how “Israel is the lonely outpost of civilized ethics” and hasn’t “invaded or occupied anything in a long longtime”
Thanks for the feedback!
True
I don't think there is anything wrong with the first statement. I would just add the caveat "in the middle east", just to contextualise it.
I don't think second statement is true, but neither does Sam imo. In fact, he has even criticised Israelis for their settlement approach. However, one does wonder what other solution one has if not to destroy the terrorist government of Palestine and occupy the region to civilise it? It had become painfully clear Palestinians as they stand today are completely unable to come to terms with existence of Jews, and peace. So, rest of Arab states and the world should help Israel in transition & de-radicalisation of Palestine
Who bought that Panerai? Who or what ego does it gratify? Sam's or some dissociated alter? Honestly, this whole selflessness talk is just Sam at his most nonsensical. It becomes just gibberish, the same type of word salad that comes from Jordan Peterson or Deepak Chopra
We appreciate the feedback!
Communicating a description of what it is like to be is certainly doomed to all flavors of word salads. I agree it sounds very similar to JP's gibberish. But I think there's a difference. Sam isn't drawing a connection between insights about consciousness and the overall nature of the universe. He's just talking about what it is like to be conscious through the filter of his brain. But honestly, its like trying to describe any subjective experience. The words have to resonate as a meaningful conceptual pattern to make any sense. And still, you can't ever be certain.
@@tyl3rb3ck LOL, I think one difference is Sam is generally extremely lucid and articulate, whereas with JP it's always gibberish.
Sam always cites Douglas Harding, and his "having no head," but having dated a girl with multiple personalities, and thus researching the topic I think Harding, and perhaps Sam, and maybe Buddhists as a group are more suffering from a depersonalization disorder. For which, I think is maybe nice to think means you're "enlightened," but probably not.
Douglas Harding's book is a yawner, let me tell ya, lol.
"neuroscientist" 🤣
Sam has a phd in neuroscience what’s the joke?