824 Suffering vs. Satisfaction with Sam Harris, Part 2
b'THERE IS JUST CONSCIOUSNESS AND ITS CONTENTS. When you\\u2019re dreaming, you don\\u2019t know that you\\u2019re asleep. You\\u2019re caught up in the dream. That\\u2019s how most of us go through life. We\\u2019re unaware that we\\u2019re not actually experiencing the things we are feeling. But you can break the spell in a moment with meditation. When you become present, you\\u2019re no longer asleep. It\\u2019s time to wake up. On today\\u2019s episode of The School of Greatness, I continue my conversation on meditation and mindfulness with one of the greatest thinkers of our time: Sam Harris. Sam Harris is a New York Times best-selling author, podcast host, and creator of the Waking Up Course. His books include The End of Faith, Letter to a Christian Nation, The Moral Landscape, Free Will, Lying, Waking Up, and Islam and the Future of Tolerance (with Maajid Nawaz). The End of Faith won the 2005 PEN Award for Nonfiction. His writing and public lectures cover a wide range of topics\\u2014neuroscience, moral philosophy, religion, meditation practice, human violence, rationality\\u2014but generally focus on how a growing understanding of ourselves and the world is changing our sense of how we should live. Sam shares that when he experiences emotions like anger to sadness, he becomes interested in the emotion. He observes his body\\u2019s reaction and tries to distance himself from the feelings. So get ready to learn how mindfulness can end suffering on Episode 824.\\nSome Questions I Ask:\\nHow do you eliminate worry? (49:00)\\nHow do we stay satisfied in an unsatisfied world? (1:07:00)\\nWhen do you feel the most loved? (1:15:00)\\nWhat\\u2019s the one lesson you want to teach your kids? (1:21:00)\\nWhat\\u2019s the question you wish you had the answer to? (1:31:00)\\nWhat are you most proud of? (1:40:00)\\nIn This Episode You Will Learn:\\nThe landmarks for mindfulness (53:00)\\nWhy the feeling of self is an illusion (54:00)\\nThe hardest part of meditation (01:11:00)\\nWhat death has meant in Sam\\u2019s life (01:37:00)\\nIf you enjoyed this episode, check out the show notes, video, and more at http://lewishowes.com/824 and follow at instagram.com/lewishowes'