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 . [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Harris | April 1967 ]], mother LA producer [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_Harris | Susan Harris]]  . [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Harris | April 1967 ]], mother LA writer/producer [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_Harris | Susan Harris]]

Waking Up

A Guide to Spirituality Without Religion

Sam Harris, Hillsdale 204 H3161w 2014 , Simon and Schuster

  • April 1967, mother LA writer/producer Susan Harris

  • Advaita Vedanta non-dualist, no "higher" external being

  • Harris: Stanford philosopy, UCLA PhD Neuroscience
  • Mindfulness and loving-kindness meditation (metta)
  • consciousness without the self, avoiding suffering
  • "blind spot"
  • decreases representation in the DMN Default Mode Network, self representation
  • LSD alters consciousness, but uncontrollable extremes

Harris's approximate classifications

"good"

  • Theravada Buhddism
  • Dzogchen: Tukku Urgyen Rinpoche
  • HWL Poonja
  • U Pandita
  • Douglas Harding

"bad"

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