Full podcast episode: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Mde2q7GFCrw.html Lex Fridman podcast channel: ru-vid.com Guest bio: Yuval Noah Harari is a historian, philosopher, and author of Sapiens, Homo Deus, 21 Lessons for the 21st Century, and Unstoppable Us.
"If you never learn how to deal with boredom, you will never learn how to enjoy peace and quiet. Because the way to peace passes through bordedom." -- Yuval Noah Harari
I’ve been meditating for over a year, and I must say it has changed my life. I’m able to observe negative thoughts and emotions and let them pass without them ruling my life.
Harari is one of my favorite public intellectuals, and I highly respect him. However, as a meditation teacher who has been practicing longer than he has, I would urge viewers not to take his description of starting a meditation practice as an absolute. There are many, MANY different forms of and approaches to meditation. His teacher, S.N. Goenka, was known for a rather harsh and uncompromising approach, which he believed was necessary to achieve real breakthroughs. My teacher, the Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh, was known for his gentle and forgiving approach emphasizing "touching the refreshing elements" through mindfulness. After decades of experience, I can say that all of these paths yield profound benefits, but to get them you have to establish an unbroken thread of practice. I know lots of people who have done the Goenka 9-day retreat almost like a rite of passage, but then dropped the practice soon afterwards. If you want real transformation, you have to keep it going like Harari does. It's not a matter of which method is better or worse; it's more about which approach fits best with your personality and your needs.
Sir I believe everyone has to go through 10 days course, else it’s impossible to know what mind is all about. We will be stuck with stories and emotions. Probably after few months different meditation course where people wanted to explore again will be handy.
@@Randomcomment7699 that is what you believe, but how can you be sure there is a one size fits all solution ? People with mental health problems arent even allowed in a vipassana retreat, so then how can this be the best way?
Meditation do little to nothing to heal trauma, to understand the shadows of the psyche, or to develop the level of heart. This is clearly examplified by transhumanist and wicked Harari and the rapid downfall of Sam Harris in the years of the pandemic.
I’ve been meditating for almost 10 years. I was just really confused and frustrated for a while. Before there all the apps now. The first thing you notice is how hectic and active your mind is. Keep practicing even though it feels uncomfortable. Like he said, it’s the most important thing I do. But I only sit for an hour or so. Not two.
and for those starting out you dont need to sit for an hour... just sit every day. 2 minutes, then 5, then 10, then 20 etc... make it as natural a habit as brushing your teeth
I attended vipasana class in Bangalore, first time I came to know what is my mind ( huge story) nothing else.. it’s free class absolutely no charge.. I am local guy enjoyed food.. you get good bed to sleep with mosquito net and definitely you enjoy washing clothes in afternoon, talking evening walk will be a delight inside campus. On 10th day it will be tough to speak or open mouth for some time.
You are not bored when you are immersed in total awareness of the self...in that attention there is a unique intelligence shines forth....you are in bliss.
I can understand each and every word what harrari is saying as I also experienced all those things when I go to 30 or 45 days Vipassana meditation retreats
That was a super simple and effective description on how to meditate. It’s really that “easy” (oh but it isn’t) “Let the problem lead me” had me silently nodding. What a great concept. Thanks guys
I visited the Vepasana taught by the late SN Goenka during Second Covid in 2022. But I'm certain I won't go there again. As it was the most scary thing I've ever had. On or after the second day, the majority of people desire to go. Because practising meditation is quite uncomfortable. However, I finished the 10 Day Meditation Program. But, Mr. Yuval Hoah Harari is working on a two-month plan. I completed a 10-day basic programme.
The most difficult thing I ever did in my life was my first 10 day Vipassana course. None of the 20 or 30 day Vipassana courses I have taken were as difficult as the first 10 day course. This is because the biggest and heaviest complexes arise at the beginning, and you begin to deal with the subtler and lighter complexes as you progress. Also, on subsequent courses, long or short, you go to the course with an understanding of what the program and technique are like. This psychologically makes it slightly easier since it is no longer something strange and unknown. Keep practicing daily. You are bound to see positive results.
I must admit I had a very different view of this man due to the WEF connection. This created cognitive dissonance within due to false information that was assumed to be true. Self inquiry is the most important thing for the individual and by extension society. Great interview
I see a lot of people taking negative about Yuval and mention his WEF connection. Could you elaborate what this is about? I'm a fan of Yuval's ideas btw.
@@nithinjpathalil6709 he basically supports crackdown on civil liberties such as free speech. he supports digital ID and forceful vaccination amongst other things. Idk how Lex is such a cuck to not challenge him. its truly cringe
I vaguely remember seeing him supporting AI and saying humans were obsolete. It was at the WEF that he was saying it. I was a little disturbed by it but didn’t delve too deep into it. You should be able to find it here on RU-vid. I watched this purposely to challenge myself to accept that he has many opinions and I should consider him as a whole not soundbites. I will say when I saw the WEF talk I did feel repelled by what he was saying but tried not to attach to it 100%. Probably too much waffle for your query and no real substance but I watch too much stuff on here and I can’t recall the fine detail.
"I trust myself not to be attached to my own nonsense" 👍. I like the idea of being detached from the flood of information & to carefully reflect on your own experience. Not uploading unnecessary "trash" like "junk food". Where do ideas come from? Is a brain the only source? Is there an approximation to the truth? What is nonsense, what's not? How do we know it? Who decides that? Which experiences lead to the truth?
@johnmcdonagh374 I practice meditation sometimes. I have active mind. Mindfulness. As regards truth, l made up my mind about it. It is not relativistic to me. Thanks for your advice, anyway.
@@aga5109 Don't worry, everybody has an active mind... until they don't. Truth is universal and absolute and we can only recognize it from within, when our inner "radio" is free from static. Paramahansa Yogananda has written many texts deeply covering this topic.
This a “Mic Drop” interview- hard to top this - if you continue to do these Lex, get Swami SarvaPriyAnanda of Vedanta Society of NY (and Harari) together for 3 hours - they may complete each other’s sentences/stories from 2 completely different experiences
If politicians no longer existed and power were transitioned to a decentralized model based on addressing real problems with realistic and effective solutions -- that work for the majority without striving for total consensus. Fairness. Flexibility. We cannot afford our society to become any more lawless than it has. We have to have time and freedom to do nothing, and the power, financial and mental/emotional wherewithal to work jobs that create something of value for society. Our entire system is utterly broken, and I 100% believe it can be repaired.
@@noompsieOG Meditation syncs brain hemispheres, busts through buffers that keep us from seeing ourselves, inspires empathy, and opens deeper intelligence. Martial arts can also do this. If politicians glimpsed the world through new eyes, they'd bring a higher love.
So interesting to hear him talking about Vipassana meditation: for me it was the exact same experience of the mind getting pulled away from the breath by memories, or thoughts about the future. Stuff keeps coming up. The monkey mind.
In meditation people try to watch different things through thoughts. My favourite is watch breath. I don't try to take breath according to my choice or style. I just watch how breath is coming and going in its own style 😄
Taking advice on how to meditate from Yuval Noah Harari in the era of the internet is like taking advice from the Middle East in how to make a peaceful society!
Isn’t this the guy who talks about world domination? About hacking human beings. Klaus schwab pet. I thinking he skipped the last part of Goenkas vipassana that is ‘meta meditation’, which is ‘may all beings be happy, may all beings be at peace’ 🙏
Based on Zen Master *Gao Jun's* advice (to paraphrase), _"Sitting Meditation could quiet and still One's mind but cannot cause a sudden (inner) "wake-up" to 'see & realize' One's True (Self) Nature."_ 😊
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Death isn’t boredom. Death is what fights against boredom. Death gives life it’s edge. Death in our minds is the greatest DMT trip! I’m currently trying to have a full ego death. I’ve had multiple, but a separate sense of I still remains. I think only a full, sober, enlightening meditative experience can have the potential to fully transform the ego into a integral unified part of the ultimate consciousness (Divinity, God, All, etc).
Oh, so now we are going to get meditation advice from a person who recently stated with all the earnestness of a true believer that the time for people thinking they have a spirit and the use of autonomy and free will is over. I'm overwhelmed Lex. Thank you for platforming this individual.
The Buddha left behind the Four Noble Truths and the Eight Fold Noble Path. Morality is part of the Buddha's dharma. So is compassion. Without the Right Intention behind one's practice, one can easily deviate into the wrong space and arrive at false attainment just because one can concentrate to a certain degree. The outcome of one's view towards all sentient beings is the measure. Does one hate humanity and life, or does one have regard, appreciation and peace towards humanity and life? Correct meditative practice results in the latter. 🙏
It's does not have to be mediation: any activity that allows you to be in the moment, has the same effect. Jiu jitsu, surfing, boxing etc. When you engage in such activities, your brain is too busy to keep you alive. So pick an activity which taps into primal instinct
60 seconds without speaking a single word is definitely a most difficult job for ordinary people like me۔ But with respect, the way Mr Harari speaks in a slow and gentle manner I am sure he can sit alone two hours a day and 2 months in a year without speaking a single word, canceling his own thoughts & deleting his valuable writing۔ I usually prefer Jazz for two hours and never cancel my own thoughts and wouldn't suggest any writer to delete his creativity.
Heyy… he is not cancelling his thoughts while practicing meditation. I practice the same technique as him that is Vipassana Meditation and the whole point is not to get attach ir reject anything that happens inside you: that means accepting everything including thoughts as they are. No cancelling, just observing. This is a key aspect of his writing skills, it allow us to have a lot of space in our mind that helps rearrange the thoughts in an efficient and wholesome way.
Wonderful innovations and inventions those upgrade the living conditions of humanity came from intellectuals who doesn't practice or teach meditations. Why?
@@chrismathis4162 are you kidding. of course it is. science is built on a house of cards on a sand beach. science is based on a mass of assumptions. the assumption that mind is actual, that you are actual, that the world we see is the world that is when in reality we create, fabricate the whole thing. silly rabbit. "We can clearly agree on that science is a system. A system which states or produce true or false statements about the world can either be believed in or not. So the very property that science is not beyond all doubt makes it a belief system". Are you familiar with Nagarjuna's dependent origination teachings? Google SODAPI for a very insightful read
As soon as Lex said books over Twitter he realized what will his friend Elon think of he saw this interview 😂. Or is this the story I just told myself, shit I need to meditate 🧘♂️
He talking about Vipassana I do TM as its more effective for me . Do a Vipassana 10 day retreat your life will change . TM goes super deep Vipassana a bit easier.
Most people would choose neither, because this stuff is hard and people do not see the point of it - which is fair. You need a strong personal goal to do this kind of stuff.
@@hanswoast7 That's very true. Jordan Petterson suggest that the moral obligation of doing it should be enough but, in reality, it is not, other people is to impress women, ego, greatness or narcissism but it is not enough, for other is faith in god and be better everyday which works for some but not for others if your faith is not authentic. Personally, I think that the best reason is that fighting weakness on a daily basis makes you happy and proud as a person with a sense of doing good and setting an example for your family, friends and society. It helps you to take back control of your life in a way that makes space you figure out who you are and what you want to do. Basically, it boost your self-image which gives you confidence which in turns improves every other aspect of your life.
Because it will make you happier. It sucks while you're there but you go lighter home and live a happier life. Vipassana is a truly amazing practice. Plus it is completely free
I'm glad you made this clip, I work with seniors and my client is a fan of Noah's and wanted to know what meditation practice he does, Vipassana, now I can share that information with him.
I am absolutely not agree with the definition of the Bordoom! People are not getting bored anymore. Technology, Internet and social media took the Bordoom from us. We used to feed ourselves with the knowledge and because of the social media and Internet, we are satisfied with the stupid informations. So Bordoom is a very positive thing to help us to make our life more interesting.
We have lekhs pores in our lungs. We use thousands to take breath. In medication first is breath, when breathing complete then we go after sexual thoughts because body ment by sex. These thoughts can be completed or we can stuck with these thoughts, Next is we can use our this energy in doing other things ( Work, exercise,talking dancing,love etc 😀 ) While doing good things this energy can increase.Before marriage it happens naturally and after marriage we need teacher or right guidance 😀
Mr. Harari, If you practice Vipassana and don't listen to S.N. Goenka's teachings then you are not learning Vipassana in depth and to its full meaning. It's not just about calming or controlling your mind, that is just one part of it.
