Why Should I Explore My Own Consciousness? | Jeff Warren

ℹ️ EPISODE INFO

Released

October 1, 2018

Duration

1h 18m

Channel

Modern Wisdom

Watch on YouTube

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📝 EPISODE DESCRIPTION

Jeff Warren is a Meditation Teacher and Writer, he is the co-author of Meditation for Fidgety Skeptics, and author of The Head Trip. Today we learn why introspective work should be taken as seriously as personal hygiene, how you can double the span of your life experience, what benefits occur when consistently practising meditation, and just why exploring our own consciousness is so difficult, yet rewarding. There are more connections in a single square centimetre of human brain tissue than there are stars in our galaxy; our inner universe is infinitely more vast than we will ever notice, and yet our unexamined daily experience of life offers very little to suggest that this is the case. Join me and Jeff as we discover why, and how to work around it... Further Reading: Jeff's Book with Dan Harris - Meditation For Fidgety Skeptics: http://amzn.eu/d/5zmmsEz Jeff's Website: http://www.jeffwarren.org/ Consciousness Explorer's Club: http://www.cecmeditate.com Cory Allen's Basics of Meditation Practise on Modern Wisdom: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/modern-wisdom/id1347973549?mt=2&i=1000410359630 Sam Harris on The Meaning Of Life: https://youtu.be/srxDtefn740 Shinzen Young's - The Science of Enlightenment: How Meditation Works: http://amzn.eu/d/hbZ9Nbj Sam Harris - Waking Up - Searching for Spirituality Without Religion: http://amzn.eu/d/gUdGubV What 10,000 Hours of Meditation Does to Your Brain: https://www.projectmonkeymind.com/2016/11/ph-d-happiness-10000-hours-meditation/ - Listen to all episodes online. Search "Modern Wisdom" on any Podcast App or click here: iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/modern-wisdom/id1347973549 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0XrOqvxlqQI6bmdYHuIVnr?si=iUpczE97SJqe1kNdYBipnw Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/modern-wisdom - I want to hear from you!! Get in touch in the comments below or head to... Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx Email: modernwisdompodcast@gmail.com

🎤 SPEAKERS

• Chris Williamson

  host

• Jeff Warren

  guest

🧾 EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of Modern Wisdom, featuring Chris Williamson and Jeff Warren, Why Should I Explore My Own Consciousness? | Jeff Warren explores Meditation As Mental Hygiene: Rewriting Consciousness, Suffering, And Freedom Chris Williamson and meditation teacher Jeff Warren explore why examining consciousness is essential, framing meditation as 'interpersonal hygiene' as fundamental as diet and exercise. Warren explains how mindfulness lets us disembed from mental trances, transform our relationship to pain and pleasure, and gradually shift from living on autopilot to living deliberately. They distinguish between temporary state changes and deeper trait changes, discuss both the benefits and risks of contemplative practice (including trauma and dissociation), and emphasize the importance of community-based, democratized practice. Throughout, they reference contemplative traditions, neuroscience, and advanced practitioners like Shinzen Young to illustrate how awareness can deepen to the point of experiencing reality as a constantly arising, spacious process.

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