Neuroscientist Dr. Ruben Laukkonen and I talk about the deep end of meditation, what advanced meditative states in the lab reveal about how the mind works and Ruben's personal experience with what some may call an 'awakening.'

Check out Ruben's writing on his Substack at: https://rubenlaukkonen.substack.com/

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Ruben's webpage: https://rubenlaukkonen.com/

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NAVIGATION:
00:00:00 - Ruben’s research
00:09:20 - What is the point of hardcore meditation?
00:19:47 - Does neuroscience think enlightenment exists?
00:24:28 - Rebooting the brain for profound insight
00:34:37 - There is no self.
00:40:41 - When the mind realizes it’s totally wrong about reality
00:56:06 - Ruben’s ‘awakening’ from the dopamine treadmill of reality
01:11:40 - The hedonic treadmill, The cruel reality
01:16:18 - Joseph’s experience in the deep end of meditation
01:28:40 - Ruben’s research on a highly advanced meditator
01:47:50 - How the brain works: Prediction.
01:58:40 - Ruben’s work going forward & why Truth is subjective
02:13:10 - How high level meditation is similar to K—amine

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