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I am 72 and since reading "The Ego Tunnel" many years ago, Thomas has been one of the greatest "teachers of wisdom" for me. Strangely, though I ended up practicing dentistry for 43 years (retired now) as the means of survival, I still had time to study the work of the great academics and scientists from around the world. In the last year, I have studied "The Elephant and the Blind' and found it to be the most brilliant synthesis of neuroscience and consciousness studies. So, I will add this observation: life is an embodied, sustained flow of energy, connected to the flow of all energy in the Universe; the brain creates conscious experience by maintaining the wholeness and equilibrium of that flow via predictive processing; the predictions of what the world is going to do next are what we experience and this awareness of predictive landscapes is modulated by noticing prediction errors, attention is the Bayesian modulation of the accuracy of those prediction errors. The encrustation or "solidification" of this overall process of life/consciousness by a given pattern of predictions is what is called ego/self. Perhaps meditation ( certainly psychedelics) frees attention, for a while, from those encrustations. The direct experience of embodied life is by its very nature unfathomable...

the real question is can we save society From COMMUNISM?

I’m grateful for Dave’s insights as to how we can create conditions for a different path.

This is something we all need to be aware of and reflect on!

Yup! Let’s have a coffee ❤

Keep up the good work Eric, you're on the right track ¡ th¡nk...

Interesting! Looking forward to hearing more

Thanks Dave! I’m so glad that we get to share your insights with more people.

Thank goodness for life and its wiggles and shifts ❤

Thank you both. I wish I've discovered Thomas Metzinger's books earlier on this path. Sadly, like other geniuses, he's probably decades ahead of his time. I really wish I can live long enough to see if his ideas will become a common place in the meditation and consciousness community. Sad truth number two is that they may never will. Thanks Dr. Metzinger, we can't repay, but your life's work is greatly appreciated 🙏

Isn't this mistranslated? I thought 'dukkha' means 'unsatisfactoriness' and is due to our clinging/ aversion/ craving nature - and that this can be overcome...?

We are definitely addicted to consuming and I’m not free of it (yet) either.

All I could think nearly half way through this video is that it takes an awful lot of learning to say things so simply, with so much validity. How refreshing. Now I have to go watch many more Metzinger interviews.

Scary but true 😢

Thanks Nora. I must be there too. On the days when I fail, I will try again… and again… and again!

Excellent interview. Dr Metzinger mentioned drugs but then spoke about Tibetan Buddhism? This was a lost opportunity to pick his brains. Also, i listened to Sam Harris interviewing him years ago but i came away with the impression Thomas Metzinger was a robot. In this interview he comes across more psychedelic and hair down 👍

Very good interview! I love when Metzinger talks about his personal life and practice. Thanks! 🙏

How Nora can make us see more than we normally do is a gift!

Thank you for this reflection and moment Nora ❤

"Mögen alle Wesen Glück und die Ursache des Glücks haben. Mögen sie frei von Leid und der Ursache des Leidens sein. Mögen sie nicht von Glück, welches ohne Leid ist, getrennt sein. Mögen sie in grossem Gleichmut verweilen, frei von Anhaftung und Abneigung." - what else is there to know. And with regards to a possible initial selfishness when offering merit to all beings at the end of your practice, that will wane. With practice.

Absolutely. We need to be much more local and connected with our community!

Am looking forward to listening to this thank you 👏👏

So grateful for Nora’s writing, thinking, and for being my guest!

Thank you Nora ❤

Thomas raises some real and valid concerns about parenting today and suggest ways that we could ease the mental health impacts

I wish Thomas had shared more about what I would have found off-putting about consciousness! Should have asked him.

It’s easy to get caught up in meditations that promise “more” 😅

Maybe single parenthood and not building families is a problem. Face it. If your mom is raising you by herself,she'll probably be working a lot of jobs to make ends meet and not be able to parent effectively. Meditation won't help these problems. They have food insecurities and housing problem. Plus, in America we have a drug and alcohol problem in the parents. Meditation won't help this.

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I would also agree that we are not ready for artificial consciousness

By the way - I'd greatly appreciate timestamps for the different topics for when I rewatch it.

Thank you for this opportunity, Eric! Love how Metzinger just casually appears on channels with like 100 subscribers. Obviously he's more interested in discussing serious matter than being a pop philosopher. He's one of the most brilliant minds I've come across and his honesty is so refreshing. When I first heard of him and watched his lectures I felt like I finally found someone who'd understand me and my point of view, a serious philosopher at that. Not only that, but I learned so much from him and became a better man because of him. Obviously Benatar is also up there, but I resonate with Metzinger more for some reason.

Jesus Christ is king! Jesus Christ is the living God! All of these false gods all perish. But my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ endures forever. He is the Alpha and Omega the beginning and the end!

I'm currently working on my thesis for a Master's in Psychology and I plan on incorporating these ideas. Thank you so much for bringing this conversation to us!

That’s the reason why I decided to start my channel ❤

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Such a rich and meaningful interview!

Ahh the ending part about relationship with neighbors! ♥️😊 my fellow neighbor during our studies in Delhi 😃🥹

Oh I love the part when you discuss about enlightenment, bringing Buddhist philosophy and experience into the topic of discussion!

Wow Eric, that’s really amazing interview! I hope you grow your channel and it will benefit countless of people ! 🙏🏻🙏🏻

Great accomplishments all. However, did not fundamentally change the world. The fundamentals of our world have always function the same way. He change how we understand those fundamentals and discovered some that we were unaware of. A fundamental does not change.

Thank you Karl Friston for taking the time to talk to me. Your patience and willingness to engage is of utmost class.

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DORO..DORO..DORO!!🏊🏻‍♀️🇩🇪

Great interview as we approach the Paris summer olympics ❤

We definitely need more managers focusing on the development and functioning of their teams!

It was amazing to see how Guillaume could know so much about me just based on how I move!

This was such a great conversation!

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