Sam Harris: “Spirituality Is a Loaded Term.” | People I (Mostly) Admire | Episode 25

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  • Опубліковано 28 лис 2024

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  • @myselftik
    @myselftik Рік тому +24

    Sam's one of the most well-spoken people I know. The way he articulates complex ideas in such a crystal clear way... It's a gift

    • @planje4740
      @planje4740 Рік тому

      - sure
      - and I can imagine why
      because it is USA citizens
      - folk have build AI without anyone sense think ability like a worm
      - folk remain think stars wars is reality and not movie
      what is the to expect from such folk
      - sure sam haris is genie to them
      _
      simplicity
      Big Bang is not even science but must be believed
      God is Religion and also must be believed
      - what is difference in some real court
      - judge would be your thrown out, out the court do not come here with yours nonsense
      - why to believe one and why not other one
      you do not known not you not nobody
      _
      what is to expect from such folk
      _Sith Meditation - A Dark Atmospheric Ambient Journey - Deep and Mysterious Sith Ambient Music_
      - look the ability of thinking
      _The Dark Side of the Force is not about evilness or being cruel... It's about feeling your emotions unrestricted. Make your Fear, your Rage, even your Love fill your power._
      - no one say it is just a movie all of them remain think is reality
      _
      what is to expect of such folk
      _
      ти би се требао стидити да си американац

    • @cazalis
      @cazalis Рік тому

      How well do you know him? How much time have you actually spent with him. Because I hear loads of people speak, and I don't jack about them.

  • @willmpet
    @willmpet 17 днів тому

    I just ordered “Waking Up” because both Leavitt and Harris sound so good! Reading “The End of Faith” helped me overcome religious belief!

  • @ziziroberts8041
    @ziziroberts8041 Рік тому +7

    Socialism, Communism, Fascism. Democracy, Dictatorship, Freedom, Slavery, Atheism, Agnosticism, Bigotry, Racism, Nationalism. More loaded terms to unload. Upload Interdependency, Community, Compassion, Kindness, Respect. All hearts on deck. Our planet needs us.

    • @jsnel9185
      @jsnel9185 Рік тому +2

      Love it.

    • @samashify2
      @samashify2 Рік тому

      We're inherently self-serving so it's never going to happen, unfortunately. We accumulate more than we need instinctively.

    • @samashify2
      @samashify2 Рік тому

      Brilliant. The world's society is built on lies so I wonder how you're able to thrive.

    • @richardjaffe9972
      @richardjaffe9972 Рік тому

      ⁠Keep telling yourself that and you don’t have any choice but to believe it. . a cognitive distortion easy enough to be
      fall for. 😮
      Having a different deliberate mindset can change believes and then actions. Surrender your ego and find new purpose and meaning. 😊

  • @petershelton7367
    @petershelton7367 Рік тому

    Wow I have been aware of Harris for years and his wisdom has only now become apparent to me. Thank you so very much ❤

  • @percubit10
    @percubit10 Рік тому +3

    It is really hard. I stopped debating religious fanatics. it's a waste of time and energy. it is pointless.

  • @bthomson
    @bthomson Рік тому +3

    My grandfather was a minister (church type)) and a very truthful man. Upon being introduced to a very ugly baby by the mother he was heard to say " My that IS a baby!" I always loved that!

  • @dinomiles7999
    @dinomiles7999 7 місяців тому

    Best thing he did for humanity ❤. Dropped out of Sandford ❤.. The Rockefeller medical matrix . ThNk you Sam ❤!

  • @brokenrecord3523
    @brokenrecord3523 Рік тому +3

    I've asked a couple women met online that I've dated what they mean by "spiritual, but not religious."
    One admitted that they said it to not sound shallow. The other said, basically, poorly thought out gobbledygook.

    • @percubit10
      @percubit10 Рік тому

      I have often wondered what this meant as well. never got a real answer.

    • @brokenrecord3523
      @brokenrecord3523 Рік тому +1

      @@percubit10 I ended up marrying an atheist. She seemed the most self aware/honest.

    • @steveflorida8699
      @steveflorida8699 Рік тому

      @@brokenrecord3523 is she "self aware" of the source and origin of her consciousness? Because, secular scientists do Not know the source and origin of human consciousness.
      If, consciousness is Not inherent in mechanistic ⚛️ atoms and lifeless molecules, then is Spirit the source?
      If yes, then Spiritual Life preceded man-made religions. Religions are attempts in understanding the spiritual deity.

    • @manifold1476
      @manifold1476 Рік тому +2

      "Spiritual but not religious" means "I've ditched all that crap, but I'm not gonna admit it." Lol

    • @percubit10
      @percubit10 Рік тому

      @@manifold1476 That sounds just about right

  • @jcfal1708
    @jcfal1708 4 місяці тому

    thank you Sam for saying something I have know for many years, we all know what death is like, we die each evening when we go to sleep.

    • @VotersAreIdiots-g3x
      @VotersAreIdiots-g3x 3 місяці тому

      You’ve obviously never experienced loss. Good for you.

  • @musicauthority674
    @musicauthority674 Рік тому

    That is one of the biggest problems with society today. everyone lies for whatever reason? however I don't lie much but my reason is different than most people. it's because I'm not very good at it.

  • @dandybufo9664
    @dandybufo9664 Рік тому +3

    Great guest ! I have learned a great deal from him over the last decade.

  • @patrickkelly5004
    @patrickkelly5004 Рік тому

    How did I possibly miss this episode when it originally ran??? My favourite interviewer interviewing my favourite interview subject!

  • @VedantaKesari
    @VedantaKesari Рік тому

    Swami Vivekananda said "Religion is Realization." Sam Harris had the fortune to spend time with the great Advaitin H.W.L. Poonja and was given the opportunity for Enlightenment but he rejected it because of his prejudices. If you are interested in spirituality go to Ramakrishna, Shirdi Sai Baba, Upasani Baba, Papa Swami Ramdas, Mata Amritanandamayi, Sri Karunamayi, Anandamayi Ma or Meher Baba.
    It should be taught to children that St. Nicholas is Santa Claus, that Christmas is about Jesus and the Saints.

    • @schmetterling4477
      @schmetterling4477 Рік тому

      Swami is a term we use for one type of people who didn't pay attention in science class but then spend their entire lives bullshitting others. ;-)

    • @VedantaKesari
      @VedantaKesari Рік тому

      A Swami is a monk. Swami Vivekananda was a genius who spoke at Harvard and the World Parliament of Religions in Chicago. He was a philosopher-saint who impacted Hinduism in a major way and revealed the basic consciousness underlying all religions. He also laid the groundwork for India's independence. Please read "Guru to the World: the Life and Legacy of Vivekananda" by eminent scholar Ruth Harris.

    • @schmetterling4477
      @schmetterling4477 Рік тому

      @@VedantaKesari A monk is a bullshitter who asks hard working people for handouts. There is no difference to a panhandler except for the Nigerian Prince scam that the monk uses in addition to make himself feel better about being a panhandler. ;-)

  • @paradoxically1984
    @paradoxically1984 Рік тому

    Kindly Bring some renowned philosophers on your podcast

  • @dinomiles7999
    @dinomiles7999 7 місяців тому

    Try to EXIST in THE Source Code of the oneness of the vibrational energy of the ONENESS ❤! Eyes mind heart and soul wide open. NO FEAR !

  • @bellakrinkle9381
    @bellakrinkle9381 Рік тому

    This is interesting. I have only one question. Did he become awakened or did Sam become Conscious? I'll listen again since I recall nothing about Consciousness. This is a good door opener, though.

  • @dinomiles7999
    @dinomiles7999 11 місяців тому

    Merry CASHmas ! Any questions?

  • @patbaptiste9510
    @patbaptiste9510 Рік тому +2

    Spiritually is a loaded term, only to those who do not understand *The Science of Consciousness,* for everything is Consciousness made visible through the extremely limited senses of the physical body...

    • @VotersAreIdiots-g3x
      @VotersAreIdiots-g3x 3 місяці тому

      No one understands consciousness. A brain cannot make an objective view of itself the same way a flame can’t burn itself.

  • @mutwa_0
    @mutwa_0 Рік тому +2

    Great discussion. I just dont understand why mindfulness is being treated like the end goal of meditation.
    I think this robs people of all the other benefits that lie beyond mindfullness, including also restraining the left hemisphere from bull crap chatter😂
    i have been saying for a long time now that the best scientists to investigate meditation are those that practice meditation.

  • @BrentonBriggs-w1o
    @BrentonBriggs-w1o Рік тому +1

    Sam Harris Our Galileo!. Haha. Santa is ok to lie about. Relax guys..

  • @antitheistvegan
    @antitheistvegan Рік тому +3

    Why does the experience you describe have to be called spiritual? Why can’t it be called experiences of awe while still keeping within the boundaries of natural science? Spirituality will always be directly connected to the woo woo in an attempt to describe powerful individual experiences. Using the word in a world so impacted by make believe thinking is not at all helpful.

    • @bellakrinkle9381
      @bellakrinkle9381 Рік тому

      I understand what you're saying. I thought similarly until I stumbled onto Rudolf Steiner. He writes about those mysterious, unexplainable, fortuitous glimmerings of spiritual happenings. Try "Mind Body Spirit." Steiner is also controversial and most of his writings on YT are difficult to get through. He convinced me that we can connect with a spirit realm if we are intuitive and pay attention. I ignore whatever he writes about religion. His school is Anthroposophy.

    • @antitheistvegan
      @antitheistvegan Рік тому +1

      @@bellakrinkle9381 I’m sure the words are well written but the word is still unnecessary. Calling something spiritual doesn’t make it lift off the ground of logic and reason. It’s just another way of describing the same experience I and others have that are powerfully meaningful. These experiences need not be muddied with words as imprecise as ‘spiritual’, especially when it’s tied to the very belief that is the cause for so much confusion and suffering.

    • @JoBlakeLisbon
      @JoBlakeLisbon Рік тому

      What if someone sees a vision of Christ in their sleep and has years of trauma healed?

    • @antitheistvegan
      @antitheistvegan Рік тому +1

      @@JoBlakeLisbon what if someone sees a vision of Elvis and has years of trauma healed?

    • @steveflorida8699
      @steveflorida8699 Рік тому

      @@antitheistvegan the "muddied" is knowing that Life is Not inherent in mechanistic ⚛️ atoms and lifeless molecules.
      More "muddied" is secular scientists do Not know the source and origin of human consciousness.
      Two Major Fundamentals of human nature --- living and consciousness. But materialistic thinking 🤔 minds are void of understanding.
      Religions point 👉 to Spirit as the source. The irony of knowing the limitations of nature's laws/patterns and... expanding towards sincerely seeking and knowing the intelligent living Source.

  • @Juka161
    @Juka161 Рік тому

    Sam Harris Our Galileo!

  • @honeybeechanger
    @honeybeechanger Рік тому

    I don't think that the lie about Santa Claus is to make Christmas more fun that's a byproduct.
    I think that the reason for lying about Santa Claus is to imbue a sense of magical-spitual thinking. It also may cause doubt but most the time they're so distracted by the fact that Santa Claus is real but they don't question whether Jesus is so it's like taking away the cigarettes from the tobacco nicotine addict and replacing it with donuts.
    I guess in a neurological sense you could say that it creates the synopsis for belief in God.

  • @nanuk5243
    @nanuk5243 Рік тому +1

    Spirituality makes a person Guru not a teacher 😀
    In this time like Psychology makes a person Psychologist .

    • @manifold1476
      @manifold1476 Рік тому

      "Guru" and "Psychologist" are not behaviors or activities, they are titles, or professions.

    • @nanuk5243
      @nanuk5243 Рік тому

      @@manifold1476 2400 years for business and 100 years for right knowlage. This is not humanity 😀

    • @schmetterling4477
      @schmetterling4477 Рік тому

      @@manifold1476 Guru is the profession of ripping idiots off with bullshit. Sometimes worse.

  • @polymathlevel8
    @polymathlevel8 Рік тому +3

    Oh brother. Harris making more generalities about ethics, a topic he knows zip about.

  • @jamesruscheinski8602
    @jamesruscheinski8602 Рік тому

    Christ salvation overcomes sin and death of cross

  • @cazalis
    @cazalis Рік тому +2

    Sam Harris is a loaded idea. 😂

  • @laza6141
    @laza6141 11 місяців тому

    15:44 , 31:10

  • @1965simonfellows
    @1965simonfellows Рік тому

    ...... all very vaulted of Sam Harris but shouldn't it be a commitment to not conscious lying ?

  • @daviddieter8294
    @daviddieter8294 Рік тому

    Haha. Santa is ok to lie about. Relax guys.

    • @schmetterling4477
      @schmetterling4477 Рік тому

      Why are you posting the same bullshit under different accounts? Just how many sock puppets are you operating? Relax... I am not coming after you. I am just giving you the attention you are looking for. ;-)

  • @marioceva7163
    @marioceva7163 Рік тому +2

    You do not has to speack about things that you do not understand

    • @brokenrecord3523
      @brokenrecord3523 Рік тому

      party pooper

    • @christopherhamilton3621
      @christopherhamilton3621 Рік тому

      What if you do understand but there are impediments to communicate and be listened to?

    • @marioceva7163
      @marioceva7163 Рік тому

      @@christopherhamilton3621 san Harris has not understanding about the matter.

  • @GenericAF123
    @GenericAF123 Рік тому +2

    Love Sam Harris! I heard your philosophy on golf and bowling and it's by far the worst philosophy I've ever heard. Walk off the course because you got a whole in one? Stop bowling because you bowled your best score? You are eliminating by success and likes. What is that? Quitting is a form of celebration for you?
    A birdie, eagle. hole in one should have the same value or what's the point? What planet are you from? lol

    • @grizzlednerd4521
      @grizzlednerd4521 Рік тому

      My takeway was that he didn't enjoy bowling, and decent score was as good excuse as any to quit. One of his white lies.

    • @christopherhamilton3621
      @christopherhamilton3621 Рік тому

      Wow: THAT’s your takeaway?

  • @KrwiomoczBogurodzicy
    @KrwiomoczBogurodzicy Рік тому

    43:05

  • @dharmayogaashram979
    @dharmayogaashram979 Рік тому +3

    In the material world, no such thing as spiritualty, religion yes. Podcast loaded with confusions. Guru? Spirituality?

    • @andrewmctaggart5095
      @andrewmctaggart5095 Рік тому +2

      Where does the material world start and end? If the podcast confused you, why assume everyone else shared your experience.

    • @brokenrecord3523
      @brokenrecord3523 Рік тому

      Religion exists, but the foundation for it doesn't... Agreed.
      I also agree that Sam is difficult to comprehend on a single go-through, much like physics or philosophy.

    • @dharmayogaashram979
      @dharmayogaashram979 Рік тому +1

      ​@@brokenrecord3523the foundation that is religio/religion is the basic, inherent, logical and inevitable human aspiration to uncover what binds/links ("religio ") life, individulas and groups.

  • @henochparks
    @henochparks Рік тому +2

    Too bad Sam is wrong and just guessing.

    • @brokenrecord3523
      @brokenrecord3523 Рік тому +1

      Is the not lying you disagreed with?

    • @henochparks
      @henochparks Рік тому +3

      @@brokenrecord3523 I disagree with his claim he knows everything in the Universe. He rejects the possibility that there are beings more advanced than humans. . I disagree with his claim that people who have had near death experiences had brain damage during their experience. There is NO evidence to support his claim. I disagree his claim that the recorded experiences of humans for five thousand years history, from the four corners of this planet that report they encountered a divine being are delusions. Sam is not acting on logic or evidence bit on his belief. The very thing he accuses others of doing.

    • @brokenrecord3523
      @brokenrecord3523 Рік тому +1

      @@henochparks You seem to pick and choose when "no evidence" is a valid argument. I might use that for all of your other disagreements.

    • @henochparks
      @henochparks Рік тому

      @@brokenrecord3523 Humm Sam claims people who have Near Death Experiences are having delusions because of brain damage. #1 there is no evidence that the brain has been damaged. So Sam does not know. #2 research over the last 60 years has concluded after death of the body, human consciousness exists. I.e there is life after death. Again Sam is wrong. Sam claims there are no other beings i.e divine beings. So how many dimensions are there? Sam does not know. Do other dimensions have beings more intelligent than humans? Sam does not know. Are these beings a fourth, fifth or ten dimension beings? Sam does not know. Whereas humans have reported seeing advanced brings from the four corners of this planet for fife thousand years of human written history, and these beings have similar attributes to one another are these reports true? Sam does not know. He does not know so he simply declares them all delusions. Sam does not have answers to support his beliefs. Sam ignores evidence that controvert his beliefs. Sam is a very very poor scientist. Thus he should be ignored.

    • @christopherhamilton3621
      @christopherhamilton3621 Рік тому +1

      You honestly heard him say that? What are you smoking/drinking? 🤪

  • @meeppeep4113
    @meeppeep4113 Рік тому +1

    Never really liked sam harris.

    • @richardjaffe9972
      @richardjaffe9972 Рік тому +2

      Very easy to dislike someone who is so dogmatic and insensitive to others feelings and beliefs. 😢

    • @meeppeep4113
      @meeppeep4113 Рік тому

      @@richardjaffe9972 Yes. He is just too sure of his non bulletproof theories, which makes him, as you mentioned, inconsiderate/insensitive to things he doesn't understand.

    • @richardjaffe9972
      @richardjaffe9972 Рік тому

      @@meeppeep4113 ironic for someone to believe ego is an illusion that he should have such a big one 😂

    • @meeppeep4113
      @meeppeep4113 Рік тому

      @@richardjaffe9972 Exactly xD Good point!

    • @brokenrecord3523
      @brokenrecord3523 Рік тому +1

      @@richardjaffe9972
      I think that the same people who hate Sam are the dogmatic and insensitive.
      I believe it was Ben Shapiro that said "Facts don't care about your feelings." I'm sure he is not a Sam fan.