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Podcast: A New Way of Being
Episode: The self delusion: Sam Harris
Description: Most of us believe that there is a 'thinker' in our heads, who is thinking all our thoughts.My guest this week Sam Harris - neuroscientist, philosopher, New York Times best-selling author, host of the Making Sense podcast, and creator of the Waking Up app - argues that this is an illusion. Sam says if we can clearly see this, we can largely bring an end to our own suffering.Not pain – which is inevitable – but the psychological suffering that occurs BECAUSE we identify with our thoughts.Thoughts simply arise in consciousness, or aware...