Sam Harris - Mindfulness Meditation - from Death and the Present Moment

Kat Caldera on February 17, 2014 at 8:29 PM

i soooo deeply appreciate sam harris articulating these ideas so well. this
may be one of the most valuable media files i know of on the interwebs.

Rene Caron on February 17, 2014 at 8:03 PM

Sam Harris – Mindfulness Meditation

Franklin Stone on February 17, 2014 at 7:57 PM

+Emily Sturgeon

Pol Subanajouy on February 17, 2014 at 7:23 PM

As a Buddhist, I have to passionately say, “Meh, still works.” *shrug*

marquis patton on February 17, 2014 at 6:52 PM

Sam harris knows that the self is an illusion and is aware of the obvious
logical conclusions that follow this but I have the feeling he does not
want to state these things because he does not want to spark unecessary
controversy. I would agree with these actions. It is an extremely smart
move on his behalf. I find the task of spreading freethought, philosophy,
and rationality a much more important task than telling people that the
self does not exist.

marquis patton on February 17, 2014 at 6:40 PM

He knew these things from philosophical predictions. It was not
pre-existing knowledge.

marquis patton on February 17, 2014 at 6:12 PM

I think that unconciousness is not necessarily a lack of mind but a blank
canvas with the blank canvas being the physical world. This easily fits and
solves the problem most people find with weak emergence. I am not saying it
is made of particles or anything but is on a different point on the
physical spectrum. It makes no sense to say that the mind can pop in and
out of existence in a metaphysical manner while still accepting the fact
that it depends on and arises physical brain.

marquis patton on February 17, 2014 at 5:38 PM

Sorry for my many mistakes in the previous post. At least in my eyes death
is most likely an illusion that arises from an particular interpretation of
unconciousness. We now know in science that the mind is related to the
physical world in extremely interconnected way. We also know that the self
is an illusion and does not exist in objective reality. Connect the dots
people. Im willing to debate my beliefs… I welcome it but please be
respectful.

myk fak on February 17, 2014 at 4:48 PM

These are the same teachings taught by Ramana Maharshi and Nisargadatta
Maharaj half a century ago (nothing different from Vedanta which is
thousands of years old). They used minimal religious context while
imparting the wisdom. In fact, when answering questions raised by people
from the west absolutely no religious context was used.
And people like Eckhart Tolle (The Power of Now) speak the same thing using
terminologies that they invented. Now if you don’t give credit to the
source of this knowledge, it would be injustice. Undoubtedly, this Oriental
wisdom is gaining immense popularity in the Occident today. Right thing to
do would be to pay respect to the source of this Great knowledge and of
course understand and imbibe these teachings.