Chapter
The Subjectivity of Perception
1:20:32 - 1:30:35 (10:03)
In this podcast, the speaker claims that most people are unable to sustain focus for even 30 seconds without getting lost in thought. He suggests that meditation can help individuals align various streams of attention to form a more stable perception.
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Diceroth's colleague, a renowned bioengineer and psychiatrist, has a unique meditative practice where each evening he sits and forces himself to think in complete sentences with punctuation for an hour, teaching himself to structure his thinking and make meaningful sense of his internal thoughts.
1:20:32 - 1:21:48 (01:16)
Summary
Diceroth's colleague, a renowned bioengineer and psychiatrist, has a unique meditative practice where each evening he sits and forces himself to think in complete sentences with punctuation for an hour, teaching himself to structure his thinking and make meaningful sense of his internal thoughts. He also notes that certain pharmacologic states can facilitate this, but they are not amphetamines.
ChapterThe Subjectivity of Perception
EpisodeDr. Sam Harris: Using Meditation to Focus, View Consciousness & Expand Your Mind
PodcastHuberman Lab
Unless you have a fair amount of training or concentration practice in meditation, paying attention to something for 30 seconds without being lost in thought is difficult for most people.
1:21:48 - 1:27:25 (05:37)
Summary
Unless you have a fair amount of training or concentration practice in meditation, paying attention to something for 30 seconds without being lost in thought is difficult for most people. This is especially true when it comes to experiencing the relationship between thoughts, self, and other types of perceptions.
ChapterThe Subjectivity of Perception
EpisodeDr. Sam Harris: Using Meditation to Focus, View Consciousness & Expand Your Mind
PodcastHuberman Lab
Our time perception is composed of multiple streams for external objects, close-up objects, and thoughts.
1:27:25 - 1:30:35 (03:10)
Summary
Our time perception is composed of multiple streams for external objects, close-up objects, and thoughts. Through meditation and mindfulness, these streams can be aligned to form one focused state of mind.