Hard Knox with Amanda Knox #40 - The Fungus Effect Part 5: The Way Is Not Difficult (Sam Harris)
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Jan 12, 2022 AI Snips
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Psychedelics Opened Sam's Curiosity
- Sam Harris credits MDMA and LSD with opening a landscape of mind he otherwise would not have explored.
- He says those early psychedelic experiences decisively changed his life path and curiosity.
The Illusory Central Subject
- Harris distinguishes ordinary autobiographical self from the illusory subject at the center of experience.
- He argues close inspection can make the subject-object duality vanish and reveal a more fundamental viewpoint.
Surrender By Not Resisting Experience
- Drop resistance by recognizing consciousness as the space in which all contents arise to find surrender.
- Use mindfulness to feel freedom from the contents of consciousness regardless of pleasantness.