Waking Up with Sam Harris - Mindfulness Meditation (9 minutes)

[@streetlawyer]

He didn't tell me when to stop. I've been here for 5 hours

[@OnlineMD]

:) Huston Smith the great writer on religion, once said he called his Yoga teacher and said: Master, I have been sitting here with my right foot in my left pocket and and my left foot in my right pocket. I would so appreciate your help in coming out of this state! :)

[@Yeahnahme]

I thought he was so going, so I observed the silence.

[@davelanciani-dimaensionx]

I originally thought it would be helpful to have an "ending" to let us know when the 9 minutes is up, but then again, ... it leaves it up to us when we're through our own meditation.

[@johnblanchette4946]

Lol

[@Sam-wt9se]

Buddha?

[@mr_hppd348]

Notice the tinnitus ringing in your ears, let the hiss from your damaged hearing remind you of peaceful ocean waves...

[@aqslayer19]

Hahah, I have tinnitus too but not that severe and it lessens when I meditate. I saw a lecturer who talked about how yoga and meditation helped him get rid of severe tinnitus after an accident

[@juani2929]

@@aqslayer19 That's weird, my tinnitus is very noticeable when I meditate. I know Sam has it too and I think he once said it can be an object of meditation.

[@aqslayer19]

@@juani2929 I've experienced that too, but my tinnitus is so subtle that if I don't pay very close attention to it, it's not there. Smoking weed used to make it worse, but I stopped that long ago

[@Viriyascybin]

sam has tinnitus

[@lelasjawesh6059]

🕋 ح جججججج

[@abraxian7090]

That clever bastard, making us meditate longer without realising it had ended.

[@christianmairodrigues8513]

👍☺️

[@christianmairodrigues8513]

Yeah! (LOL!) He's good, isn't he?

[@tomesky]

How do I stop the next video loading and disturbing me at the end?

[@christianmairodrigues8513]

@@tomesky In order to keep the next video from playing automatically, you just have to disable the autoplay. Within the video frame there's a switch that shows a pause sign ( ll ) with a sliding button ( o). This button must be drawn to the left side, next to the pause sign. Now, this action only prevents the next video from playing automatically. However, if there's an ad at the end of the video currently playing, it will play anyway, until the video reaches the end of the video's timeline. I hope my explanation will be easy to understand.

[@kofidan9128]

Blessed are those who read my "Evidence of God", for they shall obtain proof of God. Find my "Evidence of God" in the comments. To make that easier, change the comment settings on the video to "Newest" and then scroll down gently. Take care!💫📚✍️

[@marz2648]

this one guided mediation is the one that ALWAYS does it for me. Love that theres no music, no crazy fantasy visualizations.. just super simple and you fade away and don't even realize he stopped talking.

[@Obalanserad]

I was just like that, but autoplay started something else and that broke me out of it. I will have it without autoplay tomorrow

[@Twisted676Faith]

How wonderful it is to have a guide that doesn't muck it up with spooky nonsense. Thank you, Sam Harris. Thank you very much.

[@omegamon]

Have you been keeping up the meditation? Is the spooky nonsense still mucking it up?

[@quaek6473]

@@omegamon fr

[@isakn7975]

hows ur progress as a person 3 year later. are you on your path to greatness?

[@nandasarva1133]

@@omegamon 😂😂😂🤣🙏

[@teezio]

that made me think of Joe dispenza how he uses effects on his voice😂 super trippy.

[@i2pjd6hRw5P]

It automatically played the Joe Rogan episode with Sam afterwards and it starts with Joe going "SSSSSSSSSAM HARRIS, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN!" and freaked me out lol

[@will1amkind]

I had to turn my auto play OFF because of this exact fear.

[@WickedIndigo]

😂😂yeah that would’ve scared the piss out of me haha

[@RainwriterMusic]

I didn't even realize the meditation was done, lol. Thanks Sam. :)

[@RJVeld]

Unfortunately for me, KZbin autoplay was on and the meditation was suddenly disrupted when another video started playing.

[@kulu2628]

Thanks Ben Stiller, appreciate it!

[@chrisy.7501]

Reminds me walter mitty every time sees his lectures.

[@eimearhannan6420]

Ben Stiller?!

[@boringname3657]

That's not even his name, you fucking idiot. It's Zen Stiller. ZEN Stiller. How hard can it be?!

[@Xfactories]

Thanks to Sam I've ben stiller..

[@tombaron5607]

Zen Stiller

[@whalekit6570]

I can't tell for how long have I been sitting here after the video have ended.

[@sonofgodsdad3227]

But it felt great!

[@cristianeholanda7334]

Hahahaa same

[@ianpeggdotcom]

After years of meditative practice and having listened to hundreds of different guided meditations, nobody has helped to bring clarity to my practice in the same way as Harris. His style has helped me to unlock the full potential of meditation and he does so in such a straightforward way without any of the hocus pocus that so many other practitioners rely on.

[@raindrops1047]

I feel so relaxed when I close my eyes put on headphone sit in a lonely place and listen this.This is not sure from this world.Nothing in this universe is better and calming then this .Try it once kzbin.info/www/bejne/raWvfnZ3q9OBn7s

[@TheElliotEquation]

The lack of music helps

[@StuartFuckingLittle]

He’s been doing it for over 30 years I believe. I suppose he would know 😂

[@MicahBuzanANIMATION]

The world would probably be a less crazy place if we learned this stuff in school.

[@clarabohm7941]

I actually had the possibility to choose it as a subject in school this year

[@KensieI]

I had as a choosable class in middle school for 30 minutes in the middle of the day. I for real think that's when I was the most emotionally mature in my life

[@Jamyn1996]

Wow, am I seeing improvements in public education before my very eyes? 🎊 🎉

[@SoroushTorkian]

It's cool how mindfulness alternates between types of focus. Like being aware of a thought but coming back to a focus point then letting the mind go back to the thought then bringing it back to the focus point. It's like weightlifting for focus with rest periods between sets.

[@alliwestyoga]

Oh my goodness this is a radically wonderful visual picture! I love the focus weightlifting image!!

[@awakenspaces]

This is one of my favorites on youtube. Its not some beautiful person sitting crossed legged under a waterfall, or a ride in outer space. This is a true guided meditation. Added to my Favorite's guided meditations playlist. Thank you!

[@nickreece9361]

It's so refreshing to have a guided meditation with no droning synthesizer track. As a beginner, the chord changes always take me out of the moment.

[@nandasarva1133]

You can use only music for meditation as well. Same like Tibetan bowls 🙏

[@dalinim3976]

I always return to this 9 minute meditation routine when I am overwhelmed by work/stress. It works wonders.

[@rallers3002]

Should be 10 minutes...

[@none377]

This is helpful beyond description. Thank you so much Sam! As ex-muslim, you're definitely one of the people I look up to.

[@Fullyautomagic]

An old god for a new? Jk

[@Forestier1]

Sam Harris is an ex Muslim? I never knew that!

[@none377]

@@Forestier1 I'M an ex-muslim not him.

[@goldendovah7613]

@@Fullyautomagic he's not praying five times a day and advocates for the killing of apostates and gay people for Sam Harris.

[@rockybalboa1814]

Thats some horrible english right there

[@mettapresentnow]

Sam is one of the people who inspired me to share my mindfulness journey. I started deeply looking into meditation as someone who struggles with a constantly wandering mind since early university days. Some days are easy but most days are incredibly hard to be present constantly, especially as a student. But Sam's podcast and audio on meditation has genuinely helped me become a better person and more importantly actively try to be a mindful person. Especially within a secular discourse. Days are not easy but its the littles steps consistently that count!

[@pietart3596]

At the beginning of the guide I had so many thoughts, ruled by negative emotions all over me. Towards the end, there was only one thing that I wanted to remember, that I have to thank you Sam for bringing me back to the calm state I longed to be back in, for years. Words simply do not do justice to how much I appreciate this experience.

[@CodyPellom]

I am starting to use mindfulness meditation in combination with a derivative of K to acknowledge and process my grief. My father passed away on Christmas Day, 2020 and I went through a divorce last year. I am going to continue to explore meditation in combination with psychedelics and dissociatives as it is helping me heal. Thank you for your contribution to the collective consciousness Sam.

[@lalala6659]

Sorry for your loss, hope you get better x

[@Stravalnak]

Fantastic, thank you Sam. Took me only 50 minutes to realise the video ended. 10/10 will listen again.

[@darwinmartinez4905]

So far, I’ve done this three times and I’m enjoying what I’m discovering. I can’t explain, yet, it sure leaves me felling lighter with a sense of inside-peacefulness. (Like watching a voiceless film or an empty.....??? I must keep practicing so I can see further😝😝😝😝😝😝! I love it! Thank you for sharing!

[@navo1991]

I am not the only one who kept waiting for him to tell me to stop and half hour later 😂 feeling refreshed!! Thanks Sam

[@roughpuppies1690]

Been going back to this recording for years. It's what helped me when I got into meditation, then I switched to his app, but I fell off my habit for a year or two. Back at it now, and again getting use out of this recording.

[@MV-gt1qu]

With all the spiritual snake oil salesmen about on KZbin and with the commercialization of yoga and meditation practice, nice to see someone doing something just for the sake of helping. Heres to you, Sam.

[@CalebPendergast]

When he described meditation as the practice of being aware of consciousness, it clicked for me. So useful

[@bossnass9319]

It's like teaching a kid to ride a bike kinda feeling how your parent is holding on to the bike and at a certain point the parent let's go and now you're riding a bike

[@astrorobinson3716]

This is my go-to morning meditation right now. I’ve gotten out of the habit so I’m starting with the shorter ones first. He’s the best. Well, him or Jordan. You pick.

[@stefandesu]

I actually love that this is open ended. I've done many of his guided meditations in the Waking Up app, but there he ends each session with some talking which usually means that I'll end the meditation afterwards as well. However, I feel like the way he's speaking has improved since this video. His newer ones feel softer and smoother.

[@namelessnick9791]

I kept meditating for about another 5 minutes after the video stopped playing. The funny thing is I couldn’t tell you how or why I decided to open my eyes and end my session. It was so weird, I just opened my eyes and I was done and now I’m back.

[@vegas1854]

Sam has taught me that I'm terribly bad at meditation, yet, I still keep coming back. I feel like I'm going to master this any day now....

[@SSjLuigi1]

Reading his book, he mentions it can take months to years to get it down, so no worries.

[@bohanxu6125]

Just sharing how I suddenly figured out how to meditate, and totally solved my procrastination problem, along with a single time vaping marijuana THC. I am a graduate student in condensed matter physics, but I had extreme procrastination problem (developed during late high school years). So extreme that I felt physical repulsion when I work on stuff that I don't want to do. I tried mediation twice, for two hours total. Didn't feel anything. About eight years later, I tried weed for the first time (small dosage, THC vape), and I felt a total lack of anxiety that I haven't felt in years, and I can do whatever task without feeling of procrastination at all. With this feeling of normality now in my mind, I spontaniously realized a similar sudden decrease of anxiety when I was watching a bobby mcferine music video on youtube. It sudden occured to me that this feeling is possibly related to marijuana and meditation. The next time I felt the physical repulsion from procrastination. I watched the music video again, and tried to follow the mindfulness basics I learned years ago (like focusing on specific things to keep your mind not wondering). I felt the sudden decrease in anxiety in seconds and I started working with little effort. This is how I learned meditation in a few seconds (or in eight years...in some other sense) and totally solved my procrastination problem.

[@11thsm]

Focusing on the pause in the middle of the breath kept my focus IN the breath. very nice voice and very calming. I had many distressing dreams last night and now my nerves feel settled. Thank you.

[@elijahroselinsky2744]

Thanks, this has done a lot for me. I've done it many many times.

[@petorvic]

Simple. Elegant. Effective. Thank you 🙏🏼

[@appleqor]

I love this meditation. Thank you Sam Harris

[@brownsugar-wl7vn]

If I didn’t look at the screen, I wouldn’t have known it was done. So amazing, really relaxing

[@WestCoastGeoLover]

Listened to this in the ER in between CT, US, waiting for doc, and it helped.

[@latikajoesoef3490]

i always return to this video every morning, thanks sam

[@Chopin4321]

Love it.. So fresh and liberating.. we put our own music and images.. sam says... dont control your breathing.. love his respect for us.. his silences... music starts when his voice vanishes into peace.. thanks

[@alecchapin9071]

I fell asleep to this last night and will do the same tonight. I love you Sam

[@OnlineMD]

As I sit here typing, I have the book "Waking Up" by Sam Harris in front of me. I MUST read it carefully again. The Title also says "A Guide To Spirituality Without Religion." However, it is the blending of three magnificent religions that awakened me: Hinduism, Buddhism and Taoism. Hinduism taught me that my Inner/Greater Consciousness is my core. Buddhism taught me to help that inner consciousness to observe everything else in and around me. Taoism taught me to do so in a state of deep relaxation, with no aim of "achieving" anything; to just be. Hey, just let go and smile; don't *try* to meditate, just *be* the meditation! As the wonderful Hindu manthra says: "Tat Tvam Asi (pronounced thuth thvum asi) You Are That (which you seek). As the Kena Upanishad says, That which the eye cannot see, but by which the eye sees. That which the mind cannot comprehend, but by which the mind knows. Know that to be Brahman, the Cosmic Infinite Mind also referred to as Atman (Aathmun, the mun as in mundane, often called Self) which is the part of the Infinite Brahman that pervades us. So I don't really have or own an aathmun, rather It is what my mind, energy and body arise from.

[@fredddamedgjedda]

I have been told there are only three religions. Judaism, Christianity and Islam. Everything else is mythology...

[@OnlineMD]

@@fredddamedgjedda Judaism and Christianity are based on myth. There never was a Moses or Noah. There never was a living breathing walking talking Jesus.

[@OnlineMD]

@@toheaveninjoy been there done that too. Wrote all about it...www.authorhouse.com/en/bookstore/bookdetails/239578-A-Way-Beyond-Religion

[@OnlineMD]

@@toheaveninjoy you will HATE my book in which I pesent all available proof that Jesus was a Mythical God, not a historical Man-God.

[@klassischclassicalmusic8472]

@@OnlineMD Why do you exclude islam when you refer to the other 2 religions as being based on myth?

[@gangsterkami1]

Thanks Sam for a simple no bull shit meditation guide. You're a good human.

[@normalsee4447]

This is one of my favorite meditations all time 🙏🏻👍💟🕉☯️

[@Pieprucz]

I did it for the first time today after a long break in meditation and it Was awesome! Thank you ❤

[@Khwartz]

Total Standard Meditation Technique Very Simply and Clearly Guided :) 👏👏

[@danmurphy7373]

This is literally giving me my life back.

[@SoloArtForm]

thank you so much for this.I love the way you present it. It helps me alot in my life.

[@mahmoudalcholbec4607]

Thank you for sharing this with information

[@296jacqi]

This is a great place to start if one is a beginner. Lovely.

[@mutaned0]

Still using this when i need some guide. Thanks Sam.

[@ThatSunflowerGenasi]

That moment when I got mad because I thought it was an ad in the middle of my meditation but-it was just the next video and the meditation was over.

[@AR-mx1lo]

Thanks Sam 🙏 Your video helps me sleep after the meditation.

[@spadaacca]

I’m still here. It’s been 8 days now. Is the meditation over yet? I’m really hungry. That’s my sensation.

[@GiveMeCoffee]

I got startled when the next video started, hahaha.

[@shrimpie202]

Dear Sam, thank you 🙏 for this meditation 🧘‍♀️ ! Just subscribed. You are filling a much needed void for caring sensible thought

[@francisfreyre]

thank you very much for this gift

[@MrWolfTickets]

This is a great resource for days when the Waking Up app has a guest guide you don't care for.

[@toddwadding4459]

that's pretty much all of them in my opinion. Sam's voice and clarity are the best!

[@kraxmalism]

I knew about meditation for many years, but like most of the idiots leaving funny comments under this video, I was skeptical about meditation coz I was believing it was just another stupid way of contemplative spiritual bullshit. but I have started random practices almost a year ago / just gave it a try after reading Sam's book - Waking Up.. and after a while I started gradually feeling more relief, in situations where I had never been able to feel it. being an uber-impulsive neurotic person all my life, i cannot overemphasize its influence: and as Sam and others emphasize it, there is no magic with meditation, it is just a subtle technique of becoming more mindful in everyday situations. People often say that it is just a placebo - well, I dont fucking care what that is, if it is fully sustainable and it works more than it was believed to work.

[@TravisBickle0312]

A placebo? It isn't a drug. If someone were to call it a placebo I wouldn't know what they were talking about and I'd assume they didn't either.

[@veronica-solomon]

Very relaxing video and the perfect length. Thank you!

[@ddavidpanah]

Love for from an iranian atheist. We should be so glad to live in a timeline that we get share your wisdom

[@melidacartagena8355]

So far, I’ve done this three times and I’m enjoying what I’m discovering. I can’t explain, yet, it sure leaves me felling lighter with a sense of inside-peacefulness. (Like watching a voiceless film or an empty.....???) I must keep practicing so I can see further😝😝😝😝😝😝! I love it! Thank you for sharing! ( This is my KZbin account) I used my husband’s before 😬)

[@bodhidharma8457]

The more clear your mind, the more simple your language

[@craigburkhart1616]

So... a little bit of housekeeping. So to speak.

[@Fullyautomagic]

Dr Peterson says that

[@sonofgodsdad3227]

@@Fullyautomagic *roughly speaking intensifies*

[@anuraganand8649]

It made my mind relax, thanks a lot. It may not work for some but it works for me very well

[@zeenathanwar7719]

Thankyou very much Sam. Apt morning audio for meditation.

[@waddles7503]

Very grateful for these - thank you!

[@yifuxero5408]

Excellent!. Complementary to this would be "Mahamritunjaya mantra - Sacred Sounds Choir". Listen to it for 5 min per day for at least two weeks and dive into the Source of All, Sat-Chit-Ananda, the "One" of Plotinus, The Tao. Or, simply Pure Consciousness-In-Itself. Enjoy the Bliss.

[@bradyedge8613]

Take a seat either in a chair or crosslegged on a cushion, and gradually become aware of the sensations of sitting, the feeling of pressure in your back or legs, feel your arms at your sides, and perhaps take a few deep breaths allow gravity to settle you into your seat and now gradually become aware of the process of breathing notice where you feel the breath most distinctly, either at the tip of your nose or in the rising and falling of your abdomen just feel the mere sensations associated with the breath, from the beginning of the inhalation, through the pause between breaths, and follow the exhalation to the end. Simply cover the breath with your awareness theres no reason to control the breath, just allow it to come and go naturally every time your mind wanders to a thought, gently return it to the breath, or to the sensations of sitting, to the feeling of your back against the chair, or the cushion, to the feelings of pressure in the legs as you focus on the process of breathing, you will also perceive sounds and bodily sensations and emotions and the full flow of your experience. Simply observe these phenomenon as they appear in consciousness, and return to the breath See if you can notice the next breath in the moment it arises, through its full duration to the moment it subsides begin again in this moment, noticing the next inhalation, and the pause between breaths, and the next exhalation the moment you notice a thought present in the mind, watch what happens to that thought, to the image or bit of language; where does it go? It doesn’t matter how long you’ve been lost in thought; just notice it in this instant and come back to the feeling of breathing, the raw sensations of the movement, temperature, pressure If there’s a mood or emotion present in the mind, notice that too, notice the constellation of sensations, in the face and the body If you’re feeling sleepy, notice how it is that you feel sleepy, what is it like in your face, and your body And come back to the sensations of breathing Notice any sounds in the room; observe how they arise spontaneously. You don’t have to make any effort to hear them. They’re continuously arising and changing and passing away With each sound, simply reveal the space of consciousness, where all sounds and sensations, thoughts, and emotions are simply appearing, moment to moment Theres nothing in principle that falls outside this practice of meditation; you’re simply being aware of sights and sounds and sensations as they arise. Simply notice what you do in fact notice in each moment; there’s no need to change your experience into anything Again the moment you notice you’re lost in thought, simply observe the thought itself, as it passes away, and then return your attention to the breath, or to sounds, or sensations in the body And just continue in this way until you can merely witness all the objects of consciousness: sights and sounds, sensations, emotions, even thoughts themselves, as they arise and change, and pass away.

[@ilovejessiedog]

Thank you, Sam.

[@LittleLindyLouWho]

Thank you for this.

[@mustafar]

What do I do when something important comes up in thought? Do I write it down and continue or do I acknowledge it but not act upon it until the session is over?

[@prathamsharma6928]

you didnt tell me when to stop this is me typing from heaven also yes we got youtube now in heaven.

[@Snake_Boi]

Thank you Sam!

[@irishsingersongwritertessp4223]

This was a great help. Thank you

[@MrCmon113]

Before I can observe a thought, it's already gone. All that's left is a feeling of resentment, mainly about my loud computer, but this, too, is elusive. I couldn't even feel happy or sad bringing up the memories. But I could already see the beginnings of awareness, of taking a step back.

[@imatreebelieveme6094]

Got the same thing going on, whenever I try to conjure up sadness or frustration my mind is just like "nah we chill now" and I can't feel jack squat.

[@omarbadran3448]

fuck me too,

[@Doughyy736]

tysm, didn't even realize the video ended ❤

[@christopherdrichardson]

Thank you Sam!!! Life is hard!!

[@rabbitpunch1422]

Thankyou Sam!!

[@ganeshgavhar5075]

this is a gem

[@spadaacca]

If you're not sure when the meditation ends, just listen to your shakra - there will be a bright light in your third eye that will make your pineal gland throb when this is over and you will feel your spirit come back into your body through the power of attraction.

[@doglady2]

Thanks for the mindful experience

[@spadaacca]

I’ve been meditating for 2 days now. Is it over yet?

[@Fischstix95]

That was great! I've never done anything like that before

[@lmaonade1320]

Very helpful. Thankyou sir

[@zhara3326]

This was amazing!!!!

[@stephenarmiger8343]

I have been listening to you for nearly a year. Hanging in, but still trying to figure out what you are saying.

[@davidcooper5790]

Did it while driving in rush-hour. Nice.

[@delphinemarina5849]

Yep stayed longer !! Was good without end instruction

[@tonywalsh6512]

Nearly 1m views and less than 400 comments, definitely a good sign.

[@yosef6664]

I muted this, and blacked out the screen, and closed my eyes. It was much more effective! How can you be lost in thought while listening to the audio of someone else's thoughts? I think ear plugs would work even better, no app required. Does this give you free will or reduce the free will you already have relinquishing it to Sam Harris? $19.99 a month app to feed your mind with thoughts to not think about, brilliant marketing.

[@AtharvRathore-v8h]

Grateful for you Sam😃

[@timd8912]

Thanks Sammy......

[@kbkesq]

Love the way he expresses himself in other realms but there’s no way I could stand his voice for meditation.

[@melidacartagena8355]

Love it every time ✌🏽

[@thebookwasbetter3650]

Nice video. You could monetize it by adding a commercial every 3 minutes and make pretty good money.

[@rasaecnai]

that is youtube bro, not sam harris. get ad blocker or down load it if you dont want ads

[@markmatson3468]

My shoulder hurts to much, I can’t get past it

[@vvggg12]

His meditation app is awesome too

[@dommanedounia164]

is it free please ?

[@swatkthkh]

great sir it will be very helpful if you dont criticise religion

[@AbduIIl]

100%

[@lautaroavila8214]

Thank you

[@norielle8333]

I like how no one knew the video ended😂