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Psychedelics, Meditation, and the Brain (Robert Wright & Kathryn Devaney)
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Psychedelics, Meditation, and the Brain (Robert Wright & Kathryn Devaney)

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(Overtime audio available to paid subscribers through the player at the top of the page and video version available below the paywall.)

0:00 Kati’s very unusual Venn diagram
4:24 Your brain on meditation
10:31 The time Bob’s meditation got weird
16:15 What are the “jhanas”?
25:06 What science tells us about the jhana states
31:25 Are psychedelics gateway drugs to meditation?
40:57 Kati: Here’s how we get “not-self” wrong…
46:22 Psychedelics vs meditation—neuroscientifically
54:31 Heading to Overtime

Robert Wright (Bloggingheads.tv, The Evolution of God, Nonzero, Why Buddhism Is True) and Kathryn Devaney (The Alembic). Recorded December 06, 2023.

Overtime titles:

0:00 Assiduous preparation for a very potent psychedelic
5:39 The time Kati became the big bang
17:45 Varieties of “not-self” experience
23:53 Can meditation make us less tribal?
25:58 Kati’s key message to psychonauts

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