"If you are suffering, you are lost in thought." Mind blown. Amazing discussion. Just downloaded Waking Up.

Wow- I Love Sam Harris. What a great surprise. Thanks Joshua and Ryan.

Find someone that looks at you the way the Minimalists look at Sam Harris

Dear minimalists: I have been following you since 2017 and this podcasts has been incredibly accurate for me. As always, you both are well prepared and bring information with humility. Please be aware of my deep admiration and prosper thoughts for your projects. In my opinion, one of the best guest so far. Congrats.

I feel that podcasts that don't mention a particular religion or utilize "religious language" can be enjoyed by many more listeners. Please continue this kind of work and thank you for bringing light to Mindfulness. Attention is the most precious gift you can give to yourself and others:)

Sam what you said here is life changing I am going to note it down and remind my self to stay focused Guys can’t thank you enough for this podcast Sam hugely grateful for sharing your wisdom

Amazing- such a treat after a bad Monday- so Thank you for having Sam Harris over

The Minimalists AND Sam Harris, today is going to be a good day. Nice one guys. And great App by the way as well 👍🏻

Wow, watching this episode it's like dreams come true for me!! Mindful for stuff that bring you value, great talks!

I saw Sam smile BIG and I almost heard him chuckle! -savoring the moment-

Wouldn't these videos get more views with the guest's name in the title?

I treat minimalism like my yoga class; it’s an intention that drives me and keeps me calm rather than seeking perfection. It’s important to learn to accept ( for your own sanity) that there is no perfect home and you don’t have to go without.

29:15 - 34:05. Excellent!

“I even tried meditating without an app.” “How reckless!”

When the two casts I support on patrion come together it makes me happy. Looking forward.

This is beautiful. I first discovered Sam Harris' work through the minimalists. Good podcast.

There really is an interesting "paradox" between the mind's craving for meaning and the actual experience of meaning which is more of a feeling. Meaning really is constructed. If you grew up indoctrinated by your parents that praying to a certain mental image/god is meaningful it will be so for you (unless doubt sets in). Meditation and mindfulness give you the tools to set and experience meaning for yourself to a certain extent. That makes them incredibly powerful. Like mentioned in the podcast that is usually achieved through values which have to be translated into concrete actions and goals. So it really is possible to acknowledge for yourself "I value friendship" and then shift your mental workings accordingly and act upon it. And then to experience friends as a meaningful part of your life. Shifting your mental workings is done by framing the value in a positive way and cutting through doubt and negativity via mindfulness. Now the interesting thing is that the "mind question" regarding meaning runs parallel through it. It is possible to doubt the possibility for "true" meaning and yet still have pockets of meaningful experience in your life. There certainly is a very heavy correlation, though, and if you cultivate nihilism in your rationality and thinking it will poison your ability to "feel" meaning. So what do we say to the mind that asks: "What is the true meaning if everything is made up? What is the point if there is no permanence?" etc.? I don't know. I don't think it can't be solved on this level. On a meta-level you might question the point and validity of that question for instance on a language-philosophical level. Just because I can construct sentences, doesn't make them meaningful. Like I can ask "What was before the big bang?". But that certainly isn't very satisfying and not really convincing to the inquisitive mind. It doesn't "feel" right. We still crave. But cravings can be for the "wrong things" as well. Like when a smoker craves a cigarette, the craving is real to him and nothing else can quite scratch the itch. There is no easy solution, except to rationally see through it and then cut through the habit in spit of the addiction.

As I am not a native English speaker, I would be really grateful if you could elaborate in simpler words on the meaning of mindfulness Sam Harris contributed to this podcast. From what I understood it seems to be about detaching your perception of emotions occurring in the moment itself, but unfortunately I wasn't able to follow completely through his thoughts. I also want to take the chance in my first comment to thank you from the bottom of my heart for all of the good advice and thought provoking content you produce in such a graceful and simple way! Best Wishes from Germany

09:00 Mr Harris,, you are one truly amazing person, I have nothing but respect for you. Congratulations to the hosts for making this podcast happen and for sharing it. I also love seeing the admiration and respect you have for your guest. I wish you all the best!

mindfulness should be making sure our mind is positive kind and compassionate. We can mindfully chop someone up.

Brilliant! This was exactly what I needed to watch right now. I truly appreciate the generating of thoughts in this.

Great point about reframing! It needs to be talked about just as much as mindfulness :). I would add that on top of reframing situations or perspectives, we also could benefit from confronting our contradictions in terms of our values. What really, truly matters to you? It really is The Question :)

Not the topic of this podcast but was struck to hear ryan was raised as a JW. I was as well. Glad you were able to get out and make a life! It surely changes our life outlook.

Our minds are not equal. Prepare before the chaos. Good points Harris!

The two interviewers are like Sam Harris acolytes training from the Grandmaster

Great podcast with Sam Harris. There is an excellent book about mindfulness - The Happiness Trap by Russ Harris. It is about exactly what you have been discussing and it explains mindful awareness beautifully, that you can use everyday.

Change your thoughts, change your world.

FANTASTIC speech. Thank you, guys

Found you guys today or rather the algorithms found out after watching Sam Harris on Mayim Bialik's Breakdown video ~ I subscribed in the first 5 minutes

10:26 Everyday 14:41 15:34 15:59 Train 19:24 Attention in the present moment satisfies the question to, "what does it all mean?"

Only in America could having less be considered elitists. We seem ill equipped for the future before us.

How did I not know this conversation with Sam Harris existed till now?!

I love you guys!!😍and Ryan, I love your last name!!

29:40 This is great.

Sam Harris is the funniest person to listen to...god I love all of his jokes

"The laughter of a child, what's the fucking point?" - Sam Harris

12:44 The point of mindfulness isn't to erase your thoughts and have an empty mind all day long. It's about being able to watch your thoughts without being carried away by them.

How do you send a voicemail again? I always forget!

As much as I respect Sam Harris, the leap in logic comparing a movie ending with your entire existence ending is astounding. When a movie ends you can reflect on it, replay scenes from it, watch something else, watch it again, eat an apple and *continue living*! When life is over you do not reflect, you do not think, you do not laugh, you do not pay a price for your deeds, nor claim a reward. All the people left on Earth who know you, or know of you can reflect on your life, but then they die, and the people who know them die, and so on until all is gone. Quite different things.

💥 FANTASTIC 💙

So, being mindful is diferente from being thoughtful? I’m asking cause of what Harris said about bing lost in thought...

This is kind of a hard episode to listen to. I get where they are coming from but my moments of mindful can or happiness are very rare. I don't feel much unless I have thoughts about something. It might be why maybe more Zen meditation or nothingness medication is more relatable for depressed people who tend to sleep a lot. Absence of thought and feeling nothing sometimes it's a better experience than trying to force happiness with affirmations that you cannot help but react against, knowing they aren't true from past experience.

Wow, I didn't know Ryan grew up as a Jehovah's Witness. I did too :)

The microphone doesn't need to obscure Sam's face, it should be set lower.

34:26 I've heard this before 😁

Brother: "Tommy Chong is on Rogan!" Me: "Nevermind that! Sam Harris is on The Minimalists O_O"

Y'all need to let your guest talk more. Especially at the level of a Sam Harris

Ham Sarris

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Advertising gives value to the consumer just based on their interest. The content producer takes your interest in their product and turns that into funding for the production, everyone wins. This new movement of no advertising, but member only content is a bummer. I don't mind paying, but I listen to 100's of different lectures and podcasts including content I don't agree with. Rather than input my credit card info each time. Id rather the content producers choose which companies they allow to support them, confirm that those companies have no control over the content, then everyone wins.

your videos are really good, but I hope you and all the great western country people who make such videos remember that Minimalism's root lies in hindu culture.......we have something called as 'aparigraha' meaning keeping the desire for possessions to what is necessary or important, depending on one's life stage and context. The precept of aparigraha is a self-restraint (temperance) from the type of greed and avarice where one's own material gain or happiness comes by hurting, killing or destroying other human beings, life forms or nature I love that western countries are realizing that important of aparigraha, yoga, dhyan dharna (meditation), pranayam (breathing exercise) and avadhan (mindful), only wish that every one is aware that the core values come from hinduism and thereby dont hate hindus and hinduism................. do follow it by all means, as its free knowledge meant for everyone's benefits.........but do give due credit and love where its due...........to India, Indians and Hinduism...........

Sam Harris ur a g

Whoever is doing the audio mixing needs to either be quicker or just keep all the mics up... they're distractingly slow on raising the mics at some points.

Matrix talk. ;)

Pls invite graham stephan.

Holy shit

Nihilism explains my boyfriend to a T, i didn't realize their was a word for it

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@19:50 Sam says that when we are fully present, we don’t even consider the ‘meaning’ of our lives... my experience has been the complete opposite. Whenever I am fully present, I’m never more sure that there is a greater purpose to all of this and I’m here for a reason. I’ve been observing Sam for a long time, and for someone who is an “expert” in mindfulness, he sure let’s his emotions get the better of him fairly often... see his spats with Glenn Greenwald and Ezra Klein for example, or his terminal case of Trump Derangement Syndrome lol. Sam has an enormous ego that revels in the thought of being seen as some great intellectual and secular guru. I’ll give him some credit, as he is probably the most self-aware lefty liberal in the public sphere, but that’s like being the skinniest kid a fat camp 😂

Sam’s opinion on nihilism is completely wrong. I love Sam but he’s completely wrong regarding the logic of nihilism and the question “what’s the point of it all?”. Following that question to its logical conclusion will make you depressed, it’s made me depressed, but the logic is what it is regardless of how I feel about it. Sam calls it a “mind disorder” to think this way, I would argue that the real mind disorder is tricking yourself into not accepting the obvious fact that there is no point to it all.

Felt like the entire "episode" was just a teaser commercial for the paid episode - assuming that one has much more of Sam. (hopefully).

First time watching this channel. Is everyone compelled to wear black for some reason?

Wait... Your wife... Where have I been?

It's "superfluous" not "superfulous".

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Pithy.

Thank you for this episode! Maybe you could invite a christian into your show, instead of talking about religion without the opinion of a religious person himself. Just something you can think about :)

I find your work tedious and overwrought which is not minimal.