That was a pretty good flick

When challenged by Harris, Spira refers to scientists as dishonest and lacking integrity. This is pretty pathetic and shows that he's unsure of his own teachings.

Rebuttal to Sam's last question. The nothing (no-thing) state of consciousness induced by anesthesia is the ground of consciousness, a non being state. There is no being to be or to have an experience. They have been put to dreamless sleep. Total Consciousness is a non experience. It's a 0. Any experience that can be perceived or remembered can only be had/experienced in the presence of something which imposes a being or to be-in something which is a form and by definition a limit of consciousness, an imposed self awareness of consciousness. it's a 1. This is the great paradox that is consciousness. The identification with being is the limitation that distorts the non-being which is true unperturbed consciousness. Hindus call this Brahman(unknowable/ transcendent consciousness)and Atman(obtainable from within). This is non dual. They are both the same.

This is a great and touching movie. I love the storyline and the classic trucks in it. There's just one thing that gets me and throws me off at the end. I looked at the muffler behind the sleeper on the Yellow and Black KW (nice rig too) at 1:34:40, and it threw me off about some. Is it in the middle or on the passenger side? I can't really tell that well because of the angle and the distance in that shot. Sorry for sounding rude and nosy, I'm just curious and interested. Still love the movie. And again, is the muffler behind the sleeper on the Yellow Kenworth at 1:34:40 in the middle or on the passenger side? please leave you opinion or answer. If you don't know, I'll understand. Please, Thank you and Keep On Trucking. 👍

I agree with Sam and disagree with Spira. There is no Lord over us. No father over us.

Great movie 70s.🎉

Master and pupil. Can you imagine Sam in conversation/ debating with BERNARDO KASTRUP?

moral of the story, from a bystanders perspective, both arguments at first glance can be equally plausible. The real question is, which perspective and model for life and existence brings more harmony, love, and joy to our life and the lives of others around us? By experience, it certainly isnt the materialist world view. From a bystanders perspective, is it not interesting to explore an alternative that has so much benefit as opposed to the clearly distorted, unexplainable and unclear concept of matter that by nature causes separation and suffering in ones life? I mean.. What is there to lose by exploring the alternative? There's only unconditional happiness to gain and empty ideas to lose. How curious. How intriguing. Just a thought.

I see 2 business men Nothing more

Nice try, but uneven. Just a loong, booring ad for women's lib

Simple version of the whole thing: 1.) observer and the observed are separate 2.) "i observe my mind" 3.) so what is that "i" then? i always assumed it was part of my mind

Fabulous work! Diana has achieved the honorable. A wonderfully well-rounded entertainer.

It's this reason I took care of my grandkids for God daughter when dead beat dads would help; I praise God God daughter woke up.

One of my greatest influences, and one of the few "heavy weights" among the modern, especially western realizers.

Sam at 18:40 for the win

I enjoyed the experience 🦜. There is a bond forged between members of the same occupation. Truckers, military, law enforcement, etc. share hardship which develop into a feeling of belonging as in a family relationship. 🦜

Do the raindrops look at the hurricane and say there is a small hurricane in each raindrop?

Ten four, Rubber Ducky! 🦆

The comments here are so incredibly dogmatic and pretentious. As if it's such a preposterous idea that the material world preceded consciousness. Perhaps consciousness is simply a mechanism organisms developed so as to provide a stake in their own survival. OH NO HOW NARROW-MINDED! OH NO SAM HARRIS NEEDS TO WAKE UP! OH NO ROBERT IS SUCH A ZEN MASTER PHILOSOPHICAL NINJA!

I don’t think either of these guys are as good as me at discussing this fecal matter

Neither can be proved

Gorgeous voice!

Notice that "mad hatter harris" steers very clear of Bernardo Kastrup. Lol... How 1 of the 4 horseman lost his horse. Book title there Sam. Numb nuts.

Logic vs. being. Linear vs. non-linear. Content vs. context.

Why do you have to call yourself something “Adyshanti”. Rhinestone glasses.

I think Sam is just being extra careful about the topic. This is not to say that Rupert’s argument isn’t clean, but I can understand and respect Sam’s carefulness to jump the gun on certain metaphysical claims as an established neuroscientist. No matter how attractive this brand of idealism seems, we have to admit that belief in it changes our understanding of everything in drastic ways. Very interesting!

The universe wakes up when consciousness does, until that point it does not exist, because consciousness is existence. It is born with consciousness and dies with consciousness, because only the mind generates time and space to know form. All time and space is contained in the eternal present, it collapses into that vertical point, while the illusions of mind imagine that it is occurring as a sequence of time-steps. This is the ego projecting itself, imagining it has continuity over time. Even if all humans died consciousness would not be interrupted, as it would immediately continue when the next species or alien life form wakes up, even if it were seen as billions of years in the material world(only as understood by the conscious entities after the fact by analyzing the form).

The curse of knowledge. Until your being has reached a certain level your mind cannot comprehend at that level. It's an awful truth.

Disheartening that the conversation is beyond a paywall

sam is a hypocrite... makes claims like he knows something all the time... does here as well... love how he makes up new english words though!

I’ve been meditating now for two years, and while I understand much of what Jim is saying, I hope my own unknowing never leads me to talk like this. Words still have meaning, as imperfect and imprecise as they are.

Sam, when 10 bazillion people see the same thing in often in unique ways, the idea this is just speculation is specious. And frankly highly ignorant thinking on your part. Was Rumi speculating? Was Kabir? Was Ramana Maharshi? Nisargaattada? Come on. Really.

Is this real or AI?

I made a post here or comment that I need to redress. I agree with everybody here that Sam Harris is a dimwit. Kind of like Jordan Peterson when he had a discussion/debate with Matt Dillahunty. Having said that though I have known and looked into the philosophy of non-duality and listened to Rupert Spira for several years now among others and I find that such philosophy is in the end just some kind of philosophical illusion, just a sort of mental abstraction in the end that people convince themselves of. It is a mental mirage.

"I regard consciousness as fundamental. I regard matter as derivative from consciousness. We cannot get behind consciousness. Everything that we talk about, everything that we regard as existing, postulates consciousness." Max Planck

We are one eternal consciousness experiencing itself subjectively, there is no death, life is a dream in which we are imagination of ourselves. Bill hicks

Embarrassing 😬

Understanding open individualism makes it easier to understand GSC

I watched this with my parents and my brothers in 1978.

While it is true what Jim is saying, recall the old Zen saying, mountains were mountains etc., and I get the sense that Jim is missing the final step along this trajectory, he’s still on the stage of mountains are no longer mountains; otherwise there would be no difficulty in playfully engaging with Sam’s discourse rather than opposing it, and there is a very clear sense of opposition here (contradicting the very premise of non-duality).

Sam needs to do a long dry fast alone in the forest.. This is life..he is like a little kid cuddling his ego..a waist of time

Adyashanti is the best teacher out there. Imo.

Spira makes claims straight out of the ego. How can anyone make out that consciousness was here before anything else. It's all human-centric nonsense. The planet existed before we were here and will when we're gone. So will the universe. Stop making claims about the intention of the universe. He is scared of hard science because it upsets his little human ego.

this dude sounds like tries to recite tony parsons teaching

Don't cry Harrassment.. Just fix the problem. Lol.

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How can one point with words to what is beyond words. This is some stunning verbal acrobatics, especially by Sam, but Rupert clearly has a greater depth of understanding.

If anyone is interested, I think this passage from a blog by Bernardo Kastrup on why the ontology of idealism/nonduality is the most parsimonious model of reality is well worth a read: “Indeed, we can make the following four statements about reality: My conscious perceptions exist; Other conscious perceptions, separate from my own, exist; There are things that exist independently of conscious perception; Things that are independent of conscious perception create conscious perception. My own worldview, as discussed in my books and other articles in this blog, requires statements 1 and 2 to hold. In other words, it acknowledges the most certain and then requires merely a small leap of faith. The reigning materialist worldview, on the other hand, requires all four statements above to hold; a gargantuan and gratuitous leap of faith. This is what I called our modern madness.”

Great movie, thank u 👍

This movie... I was so hyped for it because I want to be a trucker so bad. BUT this Willa movie totally sucked. I was on her side for the majority of the film, but when she just treats the dude like shit and has the "I'm a strong independent woman" type of attitude when others have done all they can to help her.... it just grinds my gears (pun intended.) This Willa chick SUCKS. Total POS.