In this talk, I lay out three core reasons why meditate: 1) To better understand reality 2) To improve your baseline well-being independent of conditions 3) To help you help others This presentation was helped organised by my local #effectivealtruism community. Effective Altruism is about practically reducing the amount of suffering in the world informed via data-driven evidence. 🌐 http://www.rogerthisdell.com 🟠 L I V E & R E C O R D E D M E D I T A T I O N S Check out Roger's Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/rogerthis 👨‍🏫 C O A C H I N G Interested in personal 1-1 meditation coaching for developing insight into No-Self & Emptiness? 💬 Send Roger a message via: ---FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100069819468309 ---INSTAGRAM: @roger.thisdell ---DISCORD: RogerThis#8351

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🌐https://www.rogerthisdell.com 🟠 L I V E A N D R E C O R D E D M E D I T A T I O N S Check out Roger's Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/rogerthis 👨‍🏫 C O A C H I N G Interested in personal 1-1 meditation coaching for developing insight into No-Self & Emptiness? 💬 Send Roger a message via: ---FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100069819468309 ---INSTAGRAM: @roger.thisdell ---DISCORD: RogerThis#8351 ⬛ A R T I C L E S Follow Roger's MEDIUM page for articles on Philosophy, Phenomenology, Meditation and more: https://medium.com/@rogerthis 🧘‍♂️ 2 N D C H A N N E L (Meditative.dev) Find lots of free guided meditations on my 2nd youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCi3xtoARdVuMT1m_EBSCjEA ⏱️ TIME STAMPS ⏱️ 0:00 Intro and caveats 7:34 General trends of the stage theory 10:08 Stage 1 Standard Perception

A discussion with Shawn and Roger on how the cognitive science theory of Predictive Processing may make sense of what is happening in meditation. 🎙️GREAT PODCAST ON PREDICTIVE PROCESSING (recommended) https://www.podtangent.com/e/predictive-processing-1-the-world-you-thought-you-knew/ 📖✍🏻READ SHAWN'S MASTER'S THESIS ON PP & MEDITATION https://www.academia.edu/56774834/Opening_the_Sensory_Gates_A_Predictive_Processing_Account_of_Meditation_and_Learning 🌐 https://www.rogerthisdell.com 🟠 L I V E A N D R E C O R D E D M E D I T A T I O N S Check out Roger's Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/rogerthis 👨‍🏫 C O A C H I N G Interested in personal 1-1 meditation coaching for developing insight into No-Self & Emptiness? 💬 Send Roger a message via: ---FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100069819468309 ---INSTAGRAM: @roger.thisdell ---DISCORD: RogerThis#8351 ⬛ A R T I C L E S Follow Roger's MEDIUM page for articles on Philosophy, Phenomenology, Meditation and more: https://medium.com/@rogerthis ⏱️ TIME STAMPS ⏱️ 0:00 prelude 1:00 brief overview of PP 5:40 What is concentration/precision weighting? 12:30 Why can meditators stay concentrated for longer? 15:44 Meditation becomes easier in time 16:57 Your brain is always trying to solve problems 19:20 Living in fear of things that seldom happen 21:53 What is meta-awareness? 27:09 How does the insight into emptiness fit in? 29:19 How do you sell de-reifying your world? 31:48 Psychedelics vs meditation 35:27 What is letting go in the mind? 40:35 Cessations/Nirvana the absence of prediction? 50:00 Minimsing error prediction = feeling better 52:22 Flow states and PP 56:36 Man's search for meaning and hedonic tones 1:01:25 "When you know the way you see it in all things" Surfing predictive waves

This aspect of meditation hasn't entered the mainstream yet. The meditative journey goes much deeper than temporary relaxation. 🌐 https://www.rogerthisdell.com 🟠 L I V E A N D R E C O R D E D M E D I T A T I O N S Check out Roger's Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/rogerthis 👨‍🏫 C O A C H I N G Interested in personal 1-1 meditation coaching for developing insight into No-Self & Emptiness? 💬 Send Roger a message via: ---FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100069819468309 ---INSTAGRAM: @roger.thisdell ---DISCORD: RogerThis#8351 ⬛ A R T I C L E S Follow Roger's MEDIUM page for articles on Philosophy, Phenomenology, Meditation and more: https://medium.com/@rogerthis 🧘‍♂️ S E C O N D A R Y C H A N N E L : (Meditative.dev) Find lots of free guided meditations on my 2nd youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCi3xtoARdVuMT1m_EBSCjEA

This is a meditation session I guided with Gizem, in which we focused on the phenomena of expansion and contraction associated with the breath. 🌐 https://www.rogerthisdell.com 🟠 J O I N T H E S E S E S S I O N S To be a part of these sessions join Roger's Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/rogerthis 👨‍🏫 C O A C H I N G Interested in personal 1-1 meditation coaching for developing insight into No-Self & Emptiness? 💬 Send Roger a message via: ---FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100069819468309 ---INSTAGRAM: @roger.thisdell ---DISCORD: RogerThis#8351 ⬛ A R T I C L E S Follow Roger's MEDIUM page for articles on Philosophy, Phenomenology, Meditation and more: https://medium.com/@rogerthis 🧘‍♂️ S E C O N D A R Y C H A N N E L : (Meditative.dev) Find lots of free guided meditations on my 2nd youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCi3xtoARdVuMT1m_EBSCjEA