How hardcore Meditation Transformed his Brain permanently | Daniel Ingram

[@WhatIveLearned]

For those of you who feel a bit lost, check this out: josepheverettwil.substack.com/p/is-enlightenment-real-part-1 (There's 8 parts, they're all free)

[@zeev]

i'd like you to talk to lex fridman, Having him and huberman , do a double team interview with dan.

[@WarbossPepe]

@@zeev I'd love to see Daniel Ingram on the Lex Fridman podcast do a 3hr+ episode

[@r34ct4]

@@WarbossPepe I'd rather him do Andrew Huberman first.

[@hughmann1927]

I found meditation without any focus tools used to be great, I could have a blank mind with no sounds or images in my brain, just being more focused and quite content :)

[@hughmann1927]

Have you thought about if everyone had understanding it would eliminate diversity to some extent? People are less prone to anger due to confusion.... and a lot of people probably won't be suffering in the same circumstances that creates criminals etc, you would have less friction and abrasive folk that create such angels as results. I love your teachings, despite outta depth sometimes perhaps, I'm not devaluing them at all as they are an incredibly important part of this delicate scale as are many others who spread knowledge/their findings.

[@frankyang]

Daniel ingram is one of my favorite person on the planet. His book helped me reach the same state he described as “final enlightenment”, but there’s still integration to do after that

[@cosmogang]

That’s a huge compliment coming from you. Now I am going to buy the book lol 🎉😅

[@nkastropil]

How blessed we are for his gift in communication. I’m halfway through MCTB & it’s perfect. I’m absolutely in awe of Daniel. He’s like a celebrity to me. I’d love to meet him 🙏💖

[@wikim00]

lol it’s fronk ❤

[@user-fg3fv9hl3b]

Frank, why not ask Daniel his honest opinion of your attainment? Not to be rude but I think you could really benefit from that. I listened to your video with guru viking I believe it was, and would have liked to hear experiences at each of the paths to show what happened, but it didn't go into that. If somebody is truly enlightened they have a lot to share about their path through the four stages. If this is harsh forgive me, just skeptical given how many psychedelic heads think they're Arahant.

[@ddchen799]

@@user-fg3fv9hl3bpeople who knew the path will understand what he said.

[@Gengh13]

As someone not informed on the subject I definitely need an introductory video before I can take advantage of this conversation.

[@TheBswan]

Altered Traits is a relatively easy read on the scientific evaluation of meditative practices. Also the Huberman Lab episode on mindfulness is a nice neuroscience-based primer on simple meditation practices and their benefits. I've found it easier to understand more in depth conversations like this one because of those sorts of resources and actually practicing meditation, rather than trying to read about the more advanced paths/techniques without being able to relate to the baseline meditative practices. Being able to put words to experiences is useful, but true knowledge requires experiencing for yourself.

[@DYKWINNING]

Look up "What I've learned" previous video on meditation. It's a thumbnail of Bradley Cooper

[@WhatIveLearned]

・I'd say start with this : josepheverettwil.substack.com/p/is-enlightenment-real-part-1 (There's 8 parts, it's all free) ・Then check out my video from 2017 called "Why Meditate? Change your brains default mode"

[@pepperpeterpiperpickled9805]

​@@WhatIveLearned Why meditate? if this jabroni is the result of 1000s of hours; i'll pass.

[@rizzwan-42069]

@@pepperpeterpiperpickled9805 i don’t think it takes that long some say 30 hours and some say 11 tbh i think it could take even less

[@AlmightyJoats]

Joseph you might want to consider adding some timestamps to make the video easier to digest, some people will want to focus only on key parts of the interview and might get discouraged when the only option they have to get to those bits is to sit through an hour and a half long video

[@J0lker]

totally agreed

[@nicholasm2239]

Someone tag timestamssguy

[@WhatIveLearned]

Just added them!

[@augustin5611]

@@WhatIveLearned Thanks for your quick response!

[@animesloversunited9069]

All thanks to Hinduism we got Meditation and Yoga

[@nopranablem]

At 1:20:30 Daniel mentions a fuller podcast he's done on psychedelics with Amir Giles. The channel is "Adventures in Awareness" and title is "Daniel Ingram: Psychedelics, Meditation & Enlightenment"

[@BeingIntegrated]

I love Ingram. His book is also amazing. However I will say, as someone who's studied this stuff a long time and have a number of friends going through the awakening process, I just want to say that people awaken in different ways. Different approaches will work for different people, so if you're serious about this it's worth exploring more perspectives from others who have also awakened.

[@animesloversunited9069]

All thanks to Hinduism we got Meditation and Yoga

[@coltonlyons9230]

MUSHROOOOOMS

[@buffgarfield5250]

"people awaken in different ways" uhhh yeah be careful with that

[@BeingIntegrated]

@@buffgarfield5250 yes, always be careful with facts ;)

[@yaboobayyaboobay8191]

But in western / secular Buddhism, Ingram and the Mind Illuminated guy seem to be the big two that come out the most , but there's some crazy drama involved with the later that makes you think that if he's illuminated, you're better off not be. Who are you recommending?

[@jessebenaiah650]

He ate eggs for 30 days and transformed his Head to egg permanently

[@DivineLogos]

You are what you eat.

[@honor9lite1337]

@@DivineLogos you eat what you are.

[@tarantinopipp7455]

Xddd

[@ValkyrissaGaming]

Return to egge

[@negadelph]

I've eaten eggs every day for almost 2 and a half years now and it's the best decision I've ever made

[@warhedd]

This is the only channel I watch IMMEDIATELY a new video drops

[@practicecomics]

"Think the loudest thought you can. How does it compare to my voice?" They both said it's way quieter, but when I did it I heard the thought much more loudly. He then said to picture something in your head, how does it compare to what you actually see? I pictured a green dragon and it was very vivid and colorful and detailed...Maybe I misunderstood, but I felt like my experience was not at all like what they were saying. I feel like the things I feel just inside my head can feel extremely vivid. Isn't that just imagination? In conclusion, I don't really understand the point here.

[@zjaeger1800]

I dont understand your point tbh, can you explain?

[@suchal_]

That's exactly what my reaction was. My mental image is so vivid, what are these guys talking about? But after listening to that part again I realized what they actually meant. Think about it this way. See any image and then close your eyes and reproduce that image mentally. keep it in your head. Then open your eyes and see the actual image again. Compare the difference between your sense as you feel them and the memory of it. It can be a sound, an image, or just a touch. The intensity with which you "feel" it is on a whole different level than what your mind can reproduce a fraction of a second later.

[@zjaeger1800]

@@suchal_ ah, well thats true. But doesnt go for dreams.

[@kindaserious4327]

You're imagination is much more vivid than average that's all, that point didn't make sense to you because it doesn't apply to you, most people's experience is similar to what they described and some people have no internal voice or ability to imagine images

[@animesloversunited9069]

All thanks to Hinduism we got Meditation and Yoga

[@mb7hl]

I'm a fan of reductionism. It's basically the practice of taking complex ideas, and making them universally simple and understandable. I've watched DOZENS of videos featuring meditation gurus, and not one has done this. This begs the question, "Why does this process require such a high level of difficulty?"

[@Dkdudeman]

The underlying foundation of cognition, meditation, and all mental processes actually cannot be reduced down to a specific quantity. You can't measure "units" of thought externally. The foundation of mental activity is experiential/qualitative. There are *neural correlates* to mental activity, but you can never capture the exact piece of mental activity. An fMRI is a physical, quantifiable re-representation of mental activity. Why the Buddha and most meditation dudes just say, "Hey, you've gotta try it," is because experience can't be universalized, it's 100% individualized. Once most people start meditating, the existing neuroscience on the subject can help to make much more sense than before, since there's been a taste of the experience.

[@Dkdudeman]

The clearest neuroscience on meditation that I've found is from a guy named Gary Weber. His KZbin channel has some very detailed talks on the neuroscience and psychedelic research that correlates with meditation.

[@Lipinki.luzyckie]

This is not difficult at all. I mean, it's simple, yet needs work to be done, right? But basically everything needs work, duh Uneducated village people in some rural Thailand are capable of doing this. Daniel just speaks about it in complicated, philosophical, technical way, because that's what he is used to do and what his audience expect.

[@ThePainkiller9995]

i've watched many videos and read a few books on the subject and most of the are fairly simple to understand

[@Dkdudeman]

@ThePainkiller9995 Well, try not to discount somebody saying this stuff is too complicated, because that's probably their honest experience. There are just certain parts about this sort of thing that the mind has nothing at its disposal to grasp until some time is spent on it. Like, "How tf could there be no self? What even IS a self? Why the hell is it worded like that?" In my experience, it took a lot of learning to grasp that concept that now seems almost comically simple to me.

[@zacharyjackson7584]

Thanks so much for posting this. I knew you had a depth of insight for the truth, and am glad to see it going in a "spiritual realm" in the podcast too. Keep up all the wonderful work man. I have followed you for years and you are great.

[@animesloversunited9069]

All thanks to Hinduism we got Meditation and Yoga

[@TheoriesofEverything]

Looking forward to delving into Daniel's work. Thank you Joseph.

[@sissiphys]

Hi Curt! Would be amazing to have Daniel Ingram on your podcast! Daniel is deep into the research of this stuff!! Also would be super interesting to ask him about how it effects empathy (understanding others intentions), especially when deconstructing self models, how can he understand more complex feelings & intuitions?

[@definty]

I was about to send you a message to possibly give you some more guidance on your experiences with the Dark Knight. Love your channel Curt!

[@DanKaraJordan]

That would be an amazing match up! Daniel is analytical in a way that few spiritual practitioners ever aim to be, and that would play off very well with your approach to apologetically precise explorations into topics.

[@ianmccall1789]

please get daniel on the podcast, i would not be happier

[@5piles]

enjoy wasting time curt.

[@benediktphilipp2286]

Daniel's book is just amazing. If this resonates with you, read it Highly reccomended

[@umwha]

I’m suprised there are so many people in the comments claiming that they think in this way naturally. I suspect this is dunning Kruger syndrome.

[@tysonq7131]

Lmao yes

[@TheSubpremeState]

All this made sense to me years ago but led me to first liberation from the illusion of being an actor who was failing and succeeding temporarily before finally failing harder then liberation from the illusion but now incredible boredom after a few years. Imagine being stuck in a video game you beat 7 or 8 years ago.

[@NanoNutrino]

Game Over syndrome as I like to call it

[@TLPSh0ckW4ve]

i dont know but sounds like u had an awakening . Thats like 5% of the Video Game . ur still in the Tutorial m8

[@TheSubpremeState]

@@TLPSh0ckW4ve it's not about learning anymore. I feel like I took the red pill which was exciting and liberating at first but in this world knowing the truth (actually knowing the false ) is of no use. Our brains evolved to see what is useful for survival of our species. The primates that meditated all day didn't impress the opposite sex 😂 and they definitely didn't go out of their way to make pesky offspring. When you see with crystal clarity that you will get old die before or after your nearest and dearest and what you do during your life will eventually become irrelevant then you lose motivation. This is all from the perspective of the body which is something most people are brainwashed into believing they are inside of. That's a hard notion to detach from . It took a while to develop so it will take practice to erase.

[@supersaiyanzero386]

Most intelligent title imo won out. This guy actually listens like he wants to listen. Most people just talk AT not TO each other. Great video

[@sonnenhafen5499]

Your interviewing attitude is so wholesome, so pleasant to listen to :)

[@EinstienJr]

I agree. Quitely in backseat, listening and asking very nice questions

[@dionisiodori1842]

When you don't feel like meditating and then you get this notification

[@sheilacollins9384]

Hua t'ou is a method whereby we focus on "word head" rather than "tail". Basically, what is the observation prior to thought? This is an effective koan in the Zen tradition. In the meditation hall you hear the bell signalling the end of the session. It is JUST the sound, clearly heard in an open field of space. This purity, simplicity, allows for increased mental relaxation which in turn allows for increased observational clarity. It is not necessary to enter the meditational hall. In every event, every activity simply say "I am not worried". The natural processes all take place, flow on, each on their own. As Collective Soul sings "it's simple".

[@nicolaichristensen6764]

I noticed Daniel talking about looking for connections between genetic makeup and the ability to reach enlightenment - I would suggest also looking into currently expressed genes and current mental and physical condition. My experience from studying Taoism, Buddhism, physical therapy and having a change in consciousness myself is that making your body limber with the right exercise, clean air and a cleaner diet, will help in making your mind limber through meditation etc, resulting in a reduced need to cling to a sense of self. To me this makes sense because our bodies, digestion, minds, the environment etc are essentially all one system, so affecting one subsystem affects the rest.

[@doctorinternet8695]

My journey with this whole "field", let's say, took an interesting turn on the day a particular thing happened to me: we all know that we uncounssciouly move during sleep, to repostion our bodies, scratch an itch and whatnot. One day I was woken up by my own hand scratching my nose. The thing is, at that moment of semi-counsciousness, all the sensations that usually come when you intentionally move your body came to me separately, so as to allow me to discern them. First I felt surprised by my hand being where it wasn't before, but them the distinct feeling of "having moved it intentionaly" tried to impose itself on me, then came the itch my hand was scratching. Then the reasoning "my nose was itching, so I moved my hand to scratch it, that's why it's there" arised in my mind, dissipating my surprise, at this moment the experience started to feel like a coherent "whole". But still my memory was clear that the events didn't happen in that order so I couldn't be convinced of what my thought was saying, despite it feeling right. I realized how that process was a mere fabrication, or consciousness isn't necessary for that process. From that day, I have an ease of stopping to feel like "I'm moving my hands" and instead feeling like "my hands are moving". That ease somewhat applies to other sensations as well, but I haven't been cultivating that ability. Although it helps sometimes...

[@SP-bz3gb]

I appreciate Daniel Ingram's perspective on awakening and his personal experiences, as it offers a different lens through which we can openly explore the spiritual journey. However, it's important to note that the concept of an Arahant in Theravada Buddhism differs from the interpretation presented by Daniel Ingram. While Daniel Ingram's description of Arahantship may align with certain aspects of the Buddha's path, it is worth noting that the Buddha's teachings as recorded in the Pali Canon gives a more profound and deeper meaning to what it means to attain Arahantship and that clear discrepancies exist between Ingram's and the Buddha's teachings as found in the Pali Canon and Early Buddhist Texts (EBT's). I encourage anyone who is seriously interested in pursuing this path, to firstly read the historical Buddha's teachings as found in the Pali Canon and Early Buddhist Text's, before moving onto reading the teachings and interpretations of the Buddha's teachings by others, especially lay-teachers as opposed to highly-experienced monastics. Just my two cents on this topic.

[@Beefis99]

I second this.

[@user-fg3fv9hl3b]

I'm not placing perfect trust in texts written thousands of years ago that for hundreds of years were passed along by memory.

[@moonmissy]

I’m not placing perfect trust in Daniel Ingram use of the word Arahant. Claiming something that he is something that he probably knows it’s not the same as what he is claiming. The misuse of traditional religious labels in modern pop spirituality is kinda the norm now. There is a lack of humility in thinking that the modern human is somehow wiser than ancient wisdom.

[@user-fg3fv9hl3b]

@@moonmissy and yet he's reached the end of the path of insight where the three characteristics are perceived automatically in any and every sensation and experience that comes up, if you don't believe him, cool, but there are those of us who actually inform ourselves of everything he has to teach, who have listened to all of his interviews and read the book and can say pretty damn confidently he knows what he is talking about. Also he never claimed that he is something he 'probably' knows, as you say. It's really more likely that he's right, based on his experience, and that not everything written (memorized orally instead at first for maybe hundreds of years) is going to be correct, as it was passed down by so many different people with their own interpretation, and intentions

[@annaaiyar5667]

From an Eastern tradition, I say "Pranaam" to a very important person who is alive right now. I really hope that people will learn as much as they can from Ven. Daniel to improve their own mind. 🙏

[@wakingupfromaddiction6934]

Regardless of what you think, he’s done a lot of work and has achieved something amazing no doubt

[@MalaKuna1995]

Personally, my meditation journey kicked in when i got sick to the point i was fearing for my life mainly due to lack of diagnosis. It was in my chest area so when i got panic attack due to the pain, it was even worse. I listened to medidation music 24h/7. Specifically high frequency music. Damn I had dreams out of this world telling me my life mission etc, tingles across my body. Incredible stuff. Now i can focus like a pro, and get the tingling sensation very quickly when meditate

[@gaomu4376]

If you don't mind sharing, what exactly did you do that helped? I've had the literal same symptoms but have never found a satisfactory answer to it. Do you have resources to know about these stuff? Thanks a lot!!!

[@aswithinsowithout]

This aligns with my experience also. I shifted my mental diet only to high frequency material (no more junk food type videos!). And the ho’oponopono prayer playing most of the time, including while sleeping. I noticed my troublesome areas of non-forgiveness began to recede effortlessly and that practiced chants would dance through my head whenever any residual negative thoughts arose on their own. I still have some behaviors I don’t like (drinking alcohol), but the desire has nearly disappeared.

[@BreadMPH]

Can you please share some artists who produce the kind of music you listened to?

[@koffing2073]

This man is a true life hacker.

[@pablofernandezleon2148]

One of the best YT creators for sure!

[@SofozMc]

Self is a construct that develops based on societal needs (e.g. family needs when we are babies). The body and its perception exists before the self. You use yourself to meditate (self = our separate entity), but your body has experience before you create a self and it's affected in relation to the self (same environment, same experiences). I write this as a person who meditated for more than a decade and a psychologist and psychotherapist.

[@animesloversunited9069]

All thanks to Hinduism we got Meditation and Yoga

[@calculusmetal]

Interesting, was just wondering when/how/why/benefit of perception of self is created. Would you mind elaborating?

[@5piles]

if you cant reach perfect single-pointed mental awareness that is unable to be impinged upon by any external sense data or internal distraction, then you are hardly meditating and your superimpositions about mental activity will remain superficial. stick to psychotherapy, we have the neural correlates for voluntary attention and concentration and know which ppl are worth listening to and who have comments worth bothering to listen to. :)

[@gabrielalfaia8154]

My question about meditation always been "Will it affect creativity" because ( am a writer) i always find great valeu on mind wandering when it comes to creativity. I do meditation but am afraid of going deeper because i fear losing my ability to generate those weird ideas that come from nowhere.

[@iBlagg8]

Most people would say meditation improves creativety.

[@sissiphys]

It strongly depends which meditation form you practice. Classical mindfulness focus exercises train to calm down the Default Mode Network which is responsible for daydreaming and creativity. In contrast, David Lynch practices since decades transcendental meditation which is different and can even open one even more to the subconscious. Personally I have had tremendous creative insides with "do nothing" meditation from Shinzen Young.

[@iBlagg8]

To add to what sisiphys said I do transcendental meditation, hence my answer above. TM excels at digging out stress. Including stress people never knew they had. When happens the world becomes a more beautiful place.

[@rizzwan-42069]

My opinion would be but and that your fear is irrational but if your afraid try wandering meditation known as daydreaming and getting list in thought i believe that’s what keeps the balance also napping and sleeping

[@Rheologist]

You can be a great meditator and still engage in “mind wondering” from which creative ideas often arise.

[@Michaelatkins15]

Dude, you have to make a video summarizing what this guy is trying to convey bc it is quite confusing, at least for me.

[@nolandderlugner1351]

agree

[@erikamiglioranza1559]

Yes please

[@tysonq7131]

This is not something you can easily understand via a summary. It takes people years to fully grasp. Listen to the video again, research any phrases or concepts you don’t understand, look for other people explaining it in different ways.

[@ma30k45]

He doesn't really understand himself

[@NanoNutrino]

He is basically recognizing his thought process. Imagine meditation is a practice of reducing your thoughts per minute. You think habitually, automatically mostly and your thoughts per minute (TPM) are about 100 TPM. Meditation over time will reduce your TPM so after months your TPM could end up as 10 TPM. What you may realize is that you are not your thoughts because you use to think 100TPM but now you exist with 10 TPM, You think less in general, does that mean you are a different person or is it your thought process is not you?

[@anonymeroverlord]

Coicidentally, I just started getting "deeper" into meditation and experienced the desintegration of the illusion of self for the first time in my life a couple days ago. When this video was suggested to me, I was not aware of Dr. Ingram and from this interview I can see that his book will be an extremly valuable ressource for me in going forward into my meditation practice. Thanks a lot!

[@trailerparkretirement]

This was an absolutely amazing conversation thank you so much for sharing it with us thank you

[@azazelkoh3666]

Time to spend my time productively by watching this :D

[@VinokDesign]

Amazing!!!! Speechless. Thank you for sharing this. He explains everything that nobody could explain.

[@animesloversunited9069]

All thanks to Hinduism we got Meditation and Yoga

[@aurapopescu1875]

I have been practising meditation for more than 20 years and I am familiar with many of the things he is describing. I started with breathing techniques based on Theravada Buddhist teachings but I did not make much progress until I also started practising Yoga. Many asanas are specifically designed to promote a meditative state. Unfortunately many people practise Yoga without attempting to practise meditation as well. Without meditation, I don't know how I would have gotten over the most difficult moments in my life... However, nutrition also has a huge impact on our brains. I have experienced amazing mental clarity and mood stability since I started a Ketogenic way of life three and a half years ago. This is reported by many other people as well. Ketones are extremely beneficial for the brain, whereas carbs virtually destroy it. Unfortunately many people who practise meditation for religious purposes are also into some form of vegetarianism or veganism, which are hugely detrimental for both physical and mental health.

[@levprotter1231]

Zen and Zen Buddhism are very different things. Chan is named after jhana, and if you check out some of the old Chinese source texts, you find a very different Zen than the one you find in Japan. The gateless gate is a great entry point.

[@geovaniraffaelli4508]

The enlightenment stuff is pretty wild but is no one gonna talk about him perfectly singing the major scale?

[@ExcellentHealth]

Thank you so much. I love you for interviewing this man.

[@johannessturmer1213]

Can you add timestamps, please?

[@WhatIveLearned]

Just added them!

[@johnk963]

Awesome! I got into the hardcore dharma community that formed around his book about 13 years ago. Interested to see how his practice and ideas have evolved.

[@bartekwojcik4448]

What were your expiriences?

[@animesloversunited9069]

All thanks to Hinduism we got Meditation and Yoga

[@mimistar1427]

This topic and discussion is very interesting... I really want to cultivate healthy emotional intelligence and regulation. Whereby it's beneficial to my mental state, as well as helps to have better relationships with people in my life. I am hoping that mediation can facilitate this desire.

[@Whalebone66]

It's lovely to hear someone speak with such clarity and precision on these topics. So many other teachers are vague as to be infuriating. Having a couple of attainments of my own now, i bring a fair amount of skepticism to any dharma chat i encounter. Not Daniel though, he is always like chrystal and 5 by 5.

[@brandmarz]

Who came first the 🐓 or the 🥚 ? Meditation and the nature of reality has never been more timely The topic of enlightenment used to sit in a small pocket of the universe that most people write off as “WOO-woo”. Now we have a rising king like What I’ve Learned and Enlightened Daniel Ingram in the same f**king screen. The universe or at least my experience has been an eternal mindf**k. The arising and passing away has been a rollercoaster of the most simplest/obvious and the most complex/trivial happenings to date. Oh what a world 🌎

[@WaddupBoi]

So cool that you got into pragmatic dharma. Not for the feint of heart!

[@FirstNameLastName000]

Fantastic interview! I enjoyed it from beginning to end. I plan on listening to it again tomorrow... and to take some notes on what I'm adding to my reading list. I couldn't help but be reminded of The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar when the topic of passing along this type of knowledge was addressed. Thank you, as always, for your channel.

[@raymondqiu8202]

What I've Learned always makes the best videos!!!

[@BestMoviesInLessTime]

Excellent, Indeed, meditation is beneficial to our brains. Meditation makes us relax our minds against what is happening in the world. So informative, and every person needs to hear it. By the way, I love your videos and am looking forward to more.

[@animesloversunited9069]

All thanks to Hinduism we got Yoga and meditation 😌😌

[@fyevalentine7670]

I really want to watch this, you’re among some of the few KZbinr whose information I truly trust.

[@ashithshankar7492]

Please dont. you need to consider everything with a grain of salt.

[@shaunbloggsbot9528]

I agree with Ashith. When we face abstract concepts such as enlightenment, we have to be skeptical because it is difficult to scientifically measure and prove. I understand that people want a better state of mind but I believe diet and nutrition is more feasible. You're better off just following Weston Price's diet since it is more practical and achievable. Do not just trust information, question it. Otherwise you'll just be allowing someone to spoon feed you information without constructive criticism. We end up in this situation because we trust people too easily, which is how people get mislead by authority figures. Ironically enough, one of Joseph's earliest videos is about questioning the information we receive. So do remember to take it with a grain of salt.

[@AquamarineSnow888]

Great interview. Could you please turn on transcript and subtitle on this video. Blessings ❤️🙏

[@TheSubpremeState]

Can you turn on subtitles by clicking on CC in your settings?

[@JamesCarmichael]

1:23:47 That's very interesting because anyone who has meditated for a long time knows that it isn't all relaxation and sunsets on the oceon in the mind. It can be like that, but Meditation can bring up some very dark stuff in the mind. Past traumas, grievances, hatred, anger, guilt and all kinds of things that perhaps you're not dealing with/coping with. It is very unpleasant at times and can put one off Meditation entirely.

[@JamesCarmichael]

@@weetbix4497 Yes because one way or another you have to deal with these things.

[@Ndo01]

Glad Daniel is getting featured on some bigger channels.

[@VeritableVagabond]

Yeah 2 million subs. Stream entry is going mainstream. I hope he gets Angelo Dillulo on the show

[@shaunbloggsbot9528]

I can see some people wanting an egg video but they got a guy with an egg head instead.

[@JohnStone616]

It would be interesting to know what Daniel thinks about free will.

[@mbrochh82]

he clearly states that the current scientific dogma suggests that there is no free will and he seems to agree with that.

[@somasundaramsankaranarayan4592]

I think that whether we have free will or not is irrelevant. We are anyway going to proceed to live as if we have free will. Imagine being in the middle of the road and a truck approaching to hit you. In that moment will you take action and run away from it or will you say to yourself that you have no free will and whatever is gonna happen is going to happen and not intentionally react? I bet even Daniel here would react intentionally. So, if we are gonna act as if we have free will, might as well assume it exists.

[@kiranevetts7868]

Wow, Daniel! Great stuff.

[@synsynsy]

i was wondering who "the hardcore meditation person" would be. didn't even cross my mind that it was daniel.

[@kiranevetts7868]

Next, Shinzen?

[@josemarialaguinge]

Bruh I'm still waiting for the egg upload, but I love your channel. Thank for the timestamps.

[@Oly876]

I'm dying reading these comments 🤣

[@AlvaroLand]

I really really need subtittles on this

[@GreenIllness]

Should test someone who's has 40,000 hours in CS.

[@otmankhatib2017]

The fact videos are going 1h Shows our improvement into long term action. If not, go to the first videos.

[@otmankhatib2017]

This channel is a whole improvement scale... A miracle channel One of the best on all KZbin, if we can't work this principles It's difficult to work other things. It's like a full anthropological guide for humans All my respect...

[@PersonS6]

This is fascinating! I love how he uses very different words to describe the same thing that is talked about in various religions. When all these guru type people talk about this it sounds like something other worldly and miraculous but he manages to actually get it across to a western audience. This doesn't make it any less miraculous, it's just that miracles become everyday life. I have trouble putting my throughts in words but this is great!

[@livinthatlife]

Beast. Was just thinking about the purpose of life and whether reaching enlightenment is the goal.

[@user-rn3rn6nl3h]

If it's not, then nothing matters.

[@JesseStephan]

This is awesome.

[@DaPoofDaPoofDaPoofDa]

Its ALMOST ~ can be perceived as ~ Fucked up, to realize how much more is Available to us: the more you learn more you realize there is more to learn

[@Achalacha]

1:24:00 I had some very big fievers before sleeping when I was a child. Those fievers made me dreaming awake (while moving) and hallucine image and sound. That was some horrible (and a bit fascinating) experiences. It had to speak about that since it was quite an unique experience. But it's fascinating how the brains is very powerful and can transform our perception ! Thank you for this video, it was very interesting ! (I laughed a lot thinking that Daniel Ingram could be this ultime speed runner)

[@otikamporn]

In Buddhism there is a description of nirvana, enlighment, that if you are reach there is no border between yourself and therest of the world. But it is permanent no switch on off like he describe.

[@otikamporn]

@Julia In Thailand many people claim. But the real one will never.

[@jakubnovotny1010]

He is far from any stage of enlightenment and behind beyond self Just try to steal his phone and observe the self reacting immediately, like a normal person

[@otikamporn]

@@jakubnovotny1010 Yes I think so. From his reaction unlike enlighten person suppose to do.

[@user-fg3fv9hl3b]

@@otikamporn and how can you be so sure? From what are you basing this off of? Evidence from thousands of years ago passed along through hearsay? Just saying.

[@user-fg3fv9hl3b]

@@jakubnovotny1010 that's a silly statement to make. Enlightenment doesn't make you impractical, an enlightened person SHOULD and WILL react to having their phone stolen! Now how they go about it depends on the person. Enlightened folk aren't some kind of robot.

[@canadanahuatl]

OMG thank you 🙏 It makes sense!! Thank you 🙏

[@aswithinsowithout]

I’m excited to learn more about this person. However, I admit my skepticism is aroused by someone who claims to have reached enlightenment and has completed a “final” stage. I plan to keep up my evolution until I die. I mean, not that I can control that. It’s inevitable. Also, not a dig, but I would expect more humility from such a person.

[@user-fg3fv9hl3b]

If people didn't claim it, it might be hard to find such people! As Daniel says "come on kids, can you do it or not?" in reference to the mystery and hidden nature of the thing amongst most communities.

[@StockpileThomas1]

Is there a written down tutorial to those meditation practises? I find following instructions much easier when they're on paper.

[@L3onking]

There's multiple as everyone resonates differently to different concepts, that's why there's so many sects of Buddhism and Hinduism that have harmonic philosophy.

[@kattemallo]

I read: The Way of Effortless Mindfulness by Loch Kelly. It has many different methods and descriptions so that different people can find some that works for them.

[@mbrochh82]

Start with "Mindfulness in Plain English". Practice a year, then read "The Mind, Illuminated".

[@dohnjanaher913]

He literally has a book explaining how to achieve "enlightenment". It's called mastering the core techniques of the Buddha. It's interesting but also full of stuff like how he's seen advanced meditators fly n stuff lol

[@mrboobiesrider9212]

@@mbrochh82 the mind illuminated was too much for me.. have you read it?

[@justiceearth9702]

I’ve never been to retreats and I’ve experienced profound meditative experiences. I think the issue with people’s inability to have successful meditation is that they overcomplicate it. Just sit, breath deeply for a few minutes, and then calm the breath by breathing normally. This will fuel your body and bring you in to focus. Once you do this for about 5 minutes, relax and listen to your breath nonstop for a few hours. The visions, the stillness, the silence and the overall experience will happen. Even when thoughts come in, just breathe and let it pass.

[@rollok4979]

What framerate this video should be watched so we understand it?

[@usbgus]

It was an incredible interview, but one question remains unanswered for me. What's the actual benefit from meditation and chasing enlightenment. I understand the basic benefit from meditation - learning to see your emotions and feelings as separate from you and quieting down the monkey brain, but I got that from like a month or two of meditation and it seems to be sticking at 80% without need of additional practices. But that's step one and two of the whole process. Is there a qualitative improvement from higher levels of meditation or is is just a grater sense of presence?

[@DanKaraJordan]

Before stream entry, it is hard to even talk about how much better some degree of awakening is than the benefits you are talking about (traditionally, most traditions try to explain it using poetry, because prose cannot do it justice). Enlightenment/awakening is important enough, though, that Buddhism separates practices that target awakening (vipassana) from practices that target quieting the monkey brain, etc (samatha). The practices that you are describing, for one, are temporary and will go away if you do not continue to practice regularly, whereas awakening is permanent, whether you continue to practice or not. It feels like meditation helps to be a better person, growing 1% at a time in presence and concentration abilities, stability, and joy. Stream entry, though, transforms someone forever in a moment, as if you were carry around a terrible weight at all times without even realizing it - the moment you realize it, you let it go and are lighter for the rest of your life.

[@TLPSh0ckW4ve]

bro u feel like reborn and start really living in the moment and u reduce suffering for like 90% u dont gain things but u will loose alot of weight

[@OfficialGOD]

before enlightenment, chop wood, carry water. after enlightenment, chop wood, carry water.

[@420msclub]

Self is true ego is false don't identify ego with self

[@OfficialGOD]

enlightened beings don't go around creating self image but Daniel is a pretty great practitioner for sure.

[@wowitsmekate]

I drive a truck all over the North America. I had zero interest in spirituality or religions. On February 11, 2005, while driving a truck, I was hit with the cosmic 2x4. it was clearly seen “I” does not exist and never did exist and never will exist.

[@dotails]

I was born this way. It was a surprise to me that other people thought they were their emotions, or their actions were automatic and unchangeable. I can simply choose to watch my processing all sorts of tasks and modes in real time so I can research how the brain works first hand.

[@nolandderlugner1351]

isnt this just normal?

[@umwha]

Saying you were born enlightened is a big claim. If you were, then I’d like to hear about the amazing things you’ve done with your life, and that you’ve never experienced anything like depression.

[@dwarfyman4899]

@P he never said he was born enlightened

[@quoudten]

"enlightenment" is definitely an overemphasized and glorified misnomer

[@michaelluu7469]

Hey! how is that egg challenge going for you? Im really curious of the feedback and results.

[@eag6074]

14:46 i see some struggles

[@mynametrong5508]

Great conversation. Watched the whole thing on the treadmill looool

[@cool8888rox]

@whativelearned Please tell us how your 30 eggs a day experiment went.

[@kurgan88]

Bruh, where's the EGG video?

[@brucecanzoli3423]

The E G G Video

[@Boogalok360]

I am waiting for that video so long

[@BulletMagnetJB]

Have a feeling his excitement failed and he doesn’t wanna post the results of his blood work :(

[@jayg4424]

He's editing it

[@sniedendepoes]

Probably takes a long time making conclusions and editing it all

[@NightmareQuasar]

Great title choice!

[@Jesse10000]

Very interesting idea of (phenomenological) proportionality at around 57 min

[@ValkyrissaGaming]

Whenever someone claims to be enlightened: Beware!

[@fastfrankblack]

Not this time. Not this time. Read more. Practice what he tells you to do more. Practice what he’s telling you to do.

[@codniggh1139]

He is only describing it, this is not enlightenment, it's only awareness of processes in your mind.

[@vikramadityasolanki3999]

Yeah ! Right. I have been practicing Vipassana for a while, and my guru ji always says that he still srives to maintain equanimity every single day, even after meditating for over sixteen years for eight to nine hours every day.

[@superklocu5185]

Yeeeeah! Jojo you are the best!

[@Lyonsyn]

At 56:44 when hes pointing the books out on his shelf, you can see the control and level of awareness he has to be able do that seemingly effortlessly. Admirable

[@UmbrellaGent]

He can see himself in the camera preview.

[@quoudten]

@@UmbrellaGent he heard that

[@dreaminginnoother]

I love your channel man. All your videos are interesting to me.

[@jamesrallios2002]

Is it just me or is there on sound at all?

[@livinlicious]

Anyone who thinks he is enlighten, isn't. Simple as that.

[@Parisella]

I wonder if The Buddha thought he was enlightened

[@calculusmetal]

What criteria did you use?

[@unthinkme_Adam]

This is extraordinary.

[@tobiaszb]

There is no Santa Claus, presents are an addictive illusion, Christmas come and pass away. There is no essence (in self or other stuff), attachment leads to suffering, everything shows up ephemeral. Anatta, dukkha, anicca

[@sekito2125]

What Ingram described sounds at most like an altered sense of perception, not ‘enlightenment’ Read a few reviews of his book, found this comment quite insightful: “Daniel seems like a person who is way too obsessed with maps and mind-states and chasing the perfect state and to me the whole point of meditation is to be with this as it is right now”

[@WhatIveLearned]

Per Buddhism, enlightenment is essentially the eradication of (the illusion of a) self. So, nixing the felt sensation of a central observer and perceiving the world as just sensations arising where they are without a centered reference point sounds like the lack of a self to me. The lack of a self would make being in the “now” a breeze. That said, I’m more into and have had more success with the TWIM style and there seems to be a discrepancy with the “upgrades” TWIM says should happen and what Daniel experiences. But anyone who can turn their default mode network off at will has definitely achieved something wild IMO

[@fijian0811]

@@WhatIveLearned why not look at eckhart tolle and his take at enlightenment as well?

[@sekito2125]

In Buddhism, having no self means you no longer differentiates your own benefit with other’s benefit, and other’s pain with your pain - it has a social, moral and philosophical aspect to it, not just perceptual. Ingram made absolutely no mention of these aspects, showing that his ‘enlightenment’ is at most on the perceptual level. That is what I mean.

[@WhatIveLearned]

​@@sekito2125 He didn't comment on that. Maybe cause this is an interview and I didn't ask him. 🙄

[@Parisella]

He's an ER doctor and seems to put work into the scientific study of consciousness, which seems fairly 'moral' to me. Also, whereas the 'removal of the self' seems like it can be pretty quantifiable, at least from a personal perspective, 'moral and social' aspects aren't as easily quantifiable. If you read his book, it's clear that he's well-read on Buddhist history, and has a strong grasp of how it had evolved and eventually made its way to the west, and he addresses a lot of misconceptions people have regarding meditation, enlightenment and Buddhism, as well. Definitely worth a look!

[@xX1Mankrik3Xx]

It sounds like what he is describing is being able to activate and maintain the brain's flow state whenever he wants. Is there anything else I'm missing here?

[@jpeg204]

It goes far beyond a “flow state”

[@SwarnaDeep-ri5yj]

More like activating master control of brain

[@John_____Smith]

You should get a massage twice a week for 5 weeks to see the affects. Then make a video of the affects

[@jsepulveda7550]

This was a very messy and unexplained conversation... it deserved a better introduction.

[@vrshingh2767]

I did not watch whole interview, but here is my take. This is not 4th stage of enlightenment. Until there is an observer ,called mind, the mind is still attached to body. This bond is called sanskrit : chit (mind) jada granthi. The bondage. You may turn on or off the DMN at your will while you are in advance state of meditation but that is not permenent as mind ,ego, soul still creates a DMN. You will only be able to achieve the 4th state once the bondage is severed. This state is known as "sahaj samadhi". The interviewee is on very advanced state but still the ego/mind exists. The person is usually in "nirvikalpa samadhi".. here is an excerpt from Ramana Maharishi Again the mind activities can be completely destroyed. This differs from the former mind, for here the attachment is lost, never to reappear. Even though the man sees the world after he has been in the samAdhi state, the world will be taken only at its worth, that is to say it is the phenomenon of the One Reality. The True Being can be realised only in samAdhi; what was then is also now. Otherwise it cannot be Reality or Ever-present Being. What was in samAdhi is here and now too. Hold it and it is your natural condition of Being. Samadhi practice must lead to it. Otherwise how can nirvikalpa samAdhi be of any use in which a man remains as a log of wood? He must necessarily rise up from it sometime or other and face the world. But in sahaja samAdhi he remains unaffected by the world. So many pictures pass over the cinema screen: fire burns away everything; water drenches all; but the screen remains unaffected. The scenes are only phenomena which pass away leaving the screen as it was. Similarly the world phenomena simply pass on before the j~nAnI, leaving him unaffected. You may say that people find pain or pleasure in worldly phenomena. It is owing to superimposition. This must not happen. With this end in view practice is made. Practice lies in one of the two courses: devotion or knowledge. Even these are not the goals. Samadhi must be gained; it must be continuously practised until sahaja samAdhi results. Then there remains nothing more to do.

[@uhbif19]

I am interested why Daniel makes so much interest in Vipasanna insight meditation, while his comments seem more in line with Mahamudra descriptions to me.

[@stephenm3874]

Enlightenment seems to be the ability to perceive context in a broader scope. It diminishes the inclusion of self in the context of your perception. A truly gratifying way of being.

[@Artistofwar200]

Hey! I'd love to hear your experiences on living in Japan, I've been watching since 2018, and I remember that you'd always mentioned that you live/lived there. Made me curious on what you learned with their culture/habits

[@richspizzaparty]

Every time you sleep you awaken.

[@Odegeras]

Would you be interested in doing a guide on embarking on meditation in general, like what to do exactly and what are the ways in an informative easy to take in manner

[@123cache123]

Been a meditator for two decades now, and have attained the described state twice, very briefly, and my gosh was it disturbing. Ppl think this nirvana thing is some awesome bliss... for me it was deeply disturbing as it felt like I do and do not exist, all at the same time. "I'm there... but I am not", "I do exist... but I'm an illusion". An utter brainfck.