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Mantra-based meditation and its benefits
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11:15 - 14:57 (03:42)

The speaker talks about his experience with TM (Transcendental Meditation) which is a mantra-based meditation technique and how it differs from other meditation types such as mindfulness.

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A conversation about Transcendental Meditation (TM) and its founder, Maha Rishi, but the speakers express skepticism towards the religious aspect of it and mention some strange rules around talking about it.
11:15 - 11:49 (00:34)
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Transcendental Meditation
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A conversation about Transcendental Meditation (TM) and its founder, Maha Rishi, but the speakers express skepticism towards the religious aspect of it and mention some strange rules around talking about it.

Chapter
Mantra-based meditation and its benefits
Episode
#171: The Random Show - New Favorite Books, Memory Training, and Bets On VR
Podcast
The Tim Ferriss Show
The speaker talks about their experience with mantra-based meditation at a meditation center and explains the difference between mindfulness and mantra-based meditation.
11:49 - 12:40 (00:51)
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meditation
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The speaker talks about their experience with mantra-based meditation at a meditation center and explains the difference between mindfulness and mantra-based meditation.

Chapter
Mantra-based meditation and its benefits
Episode
#171: The Random Show - New Favorite Books, Memory Training, and Bets On VR
Podcast
The Tim Ferriss Show
The repetitive nature of certain activities, such as knitting or running, can induce a hypnotic state that leads to relaxed attentiveness, allowing the brain to enter a flow state known as alpha brainwave.
12:40 - 13:30 (00:50)
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Brain activity
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The repetitive nature of certain activities, such as knitting or running, can induce a hypnotic state that leads to relaxed attentiveness, allowing the brain to enter a flow state known as alpha brainwave.

Chapter
Mantra-based meditation and its benefits
Episode
#171: The Random Show - New Favorite Books, Memory Training, and Bets On VR
Podcast
The Tim Ferriss Show
The speaker shares their experience attending a four-day meditation course, where they spent one to two hours a day learning to repeat a mantra to override internal dialogue and stay focused.
13:30 - 14:57 (01:26)
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meditation
Summary

The speaker shares their experience attending a four-day meditation course, where they spent one to two hours a day learning to repeat a mantra to override internal dialogue and stay focused.

Chapter
Mantra-based meditation and its benefits
Episode
#171: The Random Show - New Favorite Books, Memory Training, and Bets On VR
Podcast
The Tim Ferriss Show