THE VIDEO SHELF · mindfulness and death
Sam Harris - Death and the Present Moment
Sam Harris's talk at the 2012 Global Atheist Convention on the secular attitude toward death and living in the present moment, with a guided meditation element.
Why HN readers recommended it
HN commenters point to it as a liberating account of present-moment awareness and mindfulness.
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Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- Atheist Foundation of Australia Inc
- Topic
- mindfulness and death
- Format
- talk
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 2
- HN mentions in dataset
- 3
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2012–2017
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
Excerpts from the recorded comments. Follow each source for the full comment and surrounding discussion.
I would try to reduce the pressure. Are you genuinely interested in the things you need to learn? Doing the exercises will significantly increase the things you'll be able to recall. Maybe Mindfulness meditation can help you [LINK] [VIDEO]
__m on Hacker News · 2015-07
In Ask HN: Do you get impatient when learning new things?"There are ways to really live in the present moment. What's the alternative? It is always now. However much you feel you may need to plan for the future, to anticipate it, to mitigate risks, the reality of your life is now. This may sound …
finkin1 on Hacker News · 2017-03
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