Making Sense with Sam Harris — #286 — The Paradox of Psychedelics

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#286 — The Paradox of Psychedelics

Making Sense with Sam Harris

Sam Harris shares an audio essay exploring how psychedelics are, for many, the only way to glimpse "the vast firmament beyond the prison walls" of the "conceptual mind"—and often serve as the gateway to meditation. He also discusses how the very profundity of the psychedelic experience can distract us from the true…

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