Essentials: Using Meditation to Focus, View Consciousness & Expand Your Mind | Dr. Sam Harris

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In this Huberman Lab Essentials episode, my guest is Dr. Sam Harris, PhD, a neuroscientist, bestselling author, and world-renowned meditation teacher whose work focuses on consciousness, ethics, and religion. We discuss how meditation can help us better understand the nature of the self and transform the conscious experience. Sam also explains how meditation can help overcome universal challenges such as distractibility, mental chatter and emotional reactivity, which can allow for greater focus and fulfillment in the present moment.

Read the episode show notes at hubermanlab.com.

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Timestamps

(00:00:00) Sam Harris

(00:00:21) Sense of Self, Meditation Purpose; Flow

(00:08:37) Sponsor: Eight Sleep

(00:09:55) Self Awareness, Self-Talk & Mental Chatter

(00:14:44) Mindfulness, Distractibility

(00:19:55) Sponsor: Waking Up

(00:21:30) Meditation, Benefits, "Sky-like Mind"; States of Self

(00:27:33) Meditation Practice, Mindfulness & Freedom

(00:30:17) Psychedelics, Consciousness

(00:34:15) Sponsor: AG1

(00:35:34) Process vs Achieving Goals, Fulfillment in Present

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In this Huberman Lab Essentials episode, my guest is Dr. Sam Harris, PhD, a neuroscientist, bestselling author, and world-renowned meditation teacher whose work focuses on consciousness, ethics, and religion. We discuss how meditation can help us better understand the nature of the self and transform the conscious experience. Sam also explains how meditation can help overcome universal challenges such as distractibility, mental chatter and emotional reactivity, which can allow for greater focus and fulfillment in the present moment.

Read the episode show notes at hubermanlab.com.

Thank you to our sponsors

AG1: https://drinkag1.com/huberman

Eight Sleep: https://eightsleep.com/huberman

Waking Up: https://wakingup.com/huberman

Timestamps

(00:00:00) Sam Harris

(00:00:21) Sense of Self, Meditation Purpose; Flow

(00:08:37) Sponsor: Eight Sleep

(00:09:55) Self Awareness, Self-Talk & Mental Chatter

(00:14:44) Mindfulness, Distractibility

(00:19:55) Sponsor: Waking Up

(00:21:30) Meditation, Benefits, "Sky-like Mind"; States of Self

(00:27:33) Meditation Practice, Mindfulness & Freedom

(00:30:17) Psychedelics, Consciousness

(00:34:15) Sponsor: AG1

(00:35:34) Process vs Achieving Goals, Fulfillment in Present

Disclaimer & Disclosures

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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