The Huberman Lab Podcast discusses neuroscience: how our brain and its connections with the organs of our body control our perceptions, our behaviors, and our health. We also discuss existing and emerging tools for measuring and changing how our nervous system works. Dr. Andrew Huberman is a tenured Professor of Neurobiology and Ophthalmology at Stanford School of Medicine. His laboratory studies neural regeneration, neuroplasticity, and brain states such as stress, focus, fear, and optimal performance. For more than 20 years, Dr. Huberman has consistently published original research findings and review articles in top-level peer-reviewed journals, including Nature, Science, Cell, Neuron, and Current Biology. He is a regular member of several National Institutes of Health review panels and a Fellow of the McKnight Foundation and the Pew Charitable Trusts. Dr. Huberman regularly consults for technology development companies, professional athletic organizations, and various units of U.S. and Canadian Special Operations.
Essentials: Using Meditation to Focus, View Consciousness & Expand Your Mind | Dr. Sam Harris
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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