Meditation & Philosophy

The Headless Way - Experiments revealing our 1st person nature

"Consider this – what you are depends on the range of the observer. At several feet you appear human. At closer ranges you are cells, molecules, particles… At greater ranges you are a city perhaps, a country, the planet, the star, the galaxy…

But what are you at zero distance? In other words, what are you really? "

Let's do some experiments to find out.

• https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1735DDE909F8EC6A

• https://www.headless.org/

Joseph Goldstein - Insight Hour Podcast (Rational Buddhism)

"Joseph Goldstein has been leading insight and loving kindness meditation retreats worldwide since 1974. He first became interested in Buddhism as a Peace Corps volunteer in Thailand in 1965. Since 1967 he has studied and practiced different forms of Buddhist meditation under eminent teachers from India, Burma and Tibet. He is the author of Mindfulness: A Practical Guide to Awakening, A Heart Full of Peace, One Dharma: The Emerging Western Buddhism, Insight Meditation: The Practice of Freedom, The Experience of Insight, and co-author of Seeking the Heart of Wisdom and Insight Meditation: A Correspondence Course."

• https://beherenownetwork.com/category/joseph-goldstein/

Three insightful podcasts with Joseph & Sam Harris:

• https://samharris.org/podcasts/the-path-and-the-goal/

• https://samharris.org/podcasts/questions-along-the-way/

• https://samharris.org/podcasts/why-meditate/