Podcast | Waking Up with Sam Harris: Mindfulness, Non-Duality, and the Illusion of the Self

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How do you regulate your nervous system in a world built to hijack it?

 In this episode, Jeff sits down with Sam Harris, neuroscientist, author, and creator of the Waking Up meditation app, for part two of a two-part conversation. After diagnosing the political chaos in part one, they pivot to the practice of meeting it with clarity, exploring mindfulness, non-duality, and what's prior to thought.

 They discuss:

• Why almost no one can hold attention for 30 seconds
• The real root of psychological suffering
• Dualistic vs. non-dualistic meditation practice
• Psychedelics and meditation compared
• The social construction of the self, from childhood to Sartre
• The hard problem of consciousness and the mystery of awareness 

If you want to learn Sam’s approach to staying engaged with the world without losing your mind to it, go to onecommune.com/sam to get 30 days of his Waking Up app for free.

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About the Commune Podcast

Hosted by Jeff Krasno, the Commune podcast features thoughtful conversations for modern times. Not always comfortable but definitely needed, we explore both humanity and our human-ness. How can we live healthy, purpose-filled lives and be in service of something bigger? Guests include spiritual teachers, poets, scientists, philosophers, and activists for food sustainability, functional medicine, mental and physical health, and collective healing.