Understand how consciousness is the one thing in the world that cannot be an illusion.

Listen to Sam clarify his ideas about consciousness and first-person experience.

See how meditation is the ability to experience things clearly, before concepts.

Consider the basic uncertainty about the nature of spiritual authority.

Discover how reason and empathy relate to living an examined life.

Consider what is real, what exists, and what actually matters in this moment.

Explore a common pitfall of meditation and spiritual practice.

Discover the difference between two paths of meditation, and why it matters.

Explore the concept of personal identity.

Learn how psychedelics and other consciousness-altering drugs may be useful.

Consider how thinking about death regularly can give life more meaning.

See how psychedelics can be both a gateway to meditation—and a distraction.