Podville #15 Lex Fridman’s conversation with Annaka Harris on the mysteries of mind and consciousness.

06/07/24 • 77 min

We try to sort out the difference between "intuition" and "assumption" — How free will would have to be a will not influenced by any external factors, which would mean following intuition — Consciousness: “The one thing in nature we can't get conclusive evidence of from the outside” — If consciousness is the basis of all being, how can there be more or less of it? How can you be less conscious or more conscious? — The relationship between consciousness and intuition — Conditioning prevents tuning in to intuition — The more identity, the less inclined you are to listen to intuition and, therefore, the less free will you have — Is everything conscious, even electrons? — Consciousness plus time makes the identity possible — The more caught I am in identity the less conscious I am — Benefits of lying to yourself, "I am Jesus" — What does it mean to be honest with yourself? — Difference between being honest with yourself and being honest with others — Difference between trying and execution

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Why knowing “what I want to accomplish” and “why I want to accomplish it” is so much more important than “how am I going to do it” — The role of emotions in attaining success — How to fulfill ALL your desires — Ways and benefits of setting priorities — Clever ways in which the means disguise themselves as the end — Reasons to sort out what you really want — Importance of setting priorities — The value of taking action — How each step makes the next step possible — Attaining spiritual vs. attaining material goals — Present moment awareness versus working toward a goal — Cultivating an personal identity, as an unlimited person — Being able to be “I am” and the person acting in the world at the same time — Every moment is an opportunity to start again — Being in a hurry is disastrous — Spiritual life starts in complete darkness with a message: “you can make anything you want out of this darkness” — Money as a by product of right action

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