#032 - Jeff Warren - Why Should I Explore My Own Consciousness?

Modern Wisdom

Chris Williamson

Society & Culture, Health & Fitness

4.7 • 4.6K Ratings

🗓️ 1 October 2018

⏱️ 78 minutes

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Summary

Jeff Warren is a Meditation Teacher and Writer, he is the co-author of Meditation for Fidgety Skeptics, and author of The Head Trip.

Today we learn why introspective work should be taken as seriously as personal hygiene, how you can double the span of your life experience, what benefits occur when consistently practising meditation, and just why exploring our own consciousness is so difficult, yet rewarding.

There are more connections in a single square centimetre of human brain tissue than there are stars in our galaxy; our inner universe is infinitely more vast than we will ever notice, and yet our unexamined daily experience of life offers very little to suggest that this is the case. Join me and Jeff as we discover why, and how to work around it...

Further Reading:

Jeff's Book with Dan Harris - Meditation For Fidgety Skeptics: http://amzn.eu/d/5zmmsEz

Jeff's Website: http://www.jeffwarren.org/

Consciousness Explorer's Club: http://www.cecmeditate.com

Cory Allen's Basics of Meditation Practise on Modern Wisdom: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/modern-wisdom/id1347973549?mt=2&i=1000410359630

Sam Harris on The Meaning Of Life: https://youtu.be/srxDtefn740

Shinzen Young's - The Science of Enlightenment: How Meditation Works: http://amzn.eu/d/hbZ9Nbj

Sam Harris - Waking Up - Searching for Spirituality Without Religion: http://amzn.eu/d/gUdGubV

What 10,000 Hours of Meditation Does to Your Brain: https://www.projectmonkeymind.com/2016/11/ph-d-happiness-10000-hours-meditation/

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0:00.0	Hello, hello, hello. It's time that we revisit the inside of our own minds.
0:08.2	There are more connections in a single square centimetre of human brain tissue than there are
0:13.9	stars in our galaxy. Our inner universe is infinitely more vast than we will ever notice,
0:19.7	and yet our unexamined daily experience of life offers very little to suggest that this is the case.
0:25.6	Today I'm joined by someone who can hopefully help us map out exactly where we're going.
0:32.5	Why is the case that we don't notice the nature of our own minds day to day, and how to work around it?
0:39.2	Jeff Warren is a meditation teacher and a writer. He's the co-author of Meditation for Figuity
0:45.6	Skeptics with Dan Harris, who is an American news anchor that very famously broke down and had
0:51.8	a panic attack live on air. Dan then went on a journey of meditation and Jeff was a big part of
0:57.6	that journey. Now I've wanted to get Jeff on for as long as I can remember and his schedule is
1:03.1	absolutely manic. I first discovered him on Jorugan's podcast and then read his and Dan's book
1:10.1	Subsequently After That. I'm also now rereading Waking Up by Sam Harris, which is an absolutely
1:16.7	fantastic exploration into the sense of self, the nature of our own consciousness and meditation
1:26.0	and spirituality without religion. So it was very timely for me to sit down with Jeff.
1:34.4	He gives us a lovely breakdown of why we should be concerned about exploring our own consciousness.
1:41.7	As he calls it interpersonal hygiene, the meditation practice which everyone should be doing
1:48.5	as often as they're washing themselves. It was really eye opening. Jeff's obviously an
1:56.8	incredibly experienced guy in this field and I felt like I learned a lot as someone who's
2:01.3	read into it quite a bit already. So hopefully you do as well. Enjoy.
2:21.1	Mr. Jeff Warren, welcome to Modern Wisdom. How are you, sir?
2:24.9	How good. Nice to be on Chris.
2:27.6	Fantastic to hear from you. So for the listeners at home who don't know who you are,
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