Annaka Harris

Yes.

Yeah. Well, that's obviously a term from meditation training and also this kind of science of well-being. And I really think that in most cases is referring to our conscious experience. And so there is a present moment conscious experience however delusional we are about the underlying reality, the only thing actually we all can know for sure is the experience that we're having.

Yeah. Well, that's obviously a term from meditation training and also this kind of science of well-being. And I really think that in most cases is referring to our conscious experience. And so there is a present moment conscious experience however delusional we are about the underlying reality, the only thing actually we all can know for sure is the experience that we're having.

Yeah. Well, that's obviously a term from meditation training and also this kind of science of well-being. And I really think that in most cases is referring to our conscious experience. And so there is a present moment conscious experience however delusional we are about the underlying reality, the only thing actually we all can know for sure is the experience that we're having.

So whatever the circumstances happen to be, if I'm a brain in a vat or under some other circumstance I can't imagine, it is still true that whatever it feels like to touch this table is that feeling of touch is a felt experience that is arising in the universe. And so you can be with your present moment experience being completely oblivious to the underlying reality.

So whatever the circumstances happen to be, if I'm a brain in a vat or under some other circumstance I can't imagine, it is still true that whatever it feels like to touch this table is that feeling of touch is a felt experience that is arising in the universe. And so you can be with your present moment experience being completely oblivious to the underlying reality.

So whatever the circumstances happen to be, if I'm a brain in a vat or under some other circumstance I can't imagine, it is still true that whatever it feels like to touch this table is that feeling of touch is a felt experience that is arising in the universe. And so you can be with your present moment experience being completely oblivious to the underlying reality.

I mean, even if you look at something like sight, if I see the color blue, even now that I'm aware of the science, I don't usually think about the fact that There isn't actually blue out there in the world, right? There are these light waves that enter the retina and get processed by the brain. And then this experience of seeing blue is kind of materializing. That is a real experience.

I mean, even if you look at something like sight, if I see the color blue, even now that I'm aware of the science, I don't usually think about the fact that There isn't actually blue out there in the world, right? There are these light waves that enter the retina and get processed by the brain. And then this experience of seeing blue is kind of materializing. That is a real experience.

I mean, even if you look at something like sight, if I see the color blue, even now that I'm aware of the science, I don't usually think about the fact that There isn't actually blue out there in the world, right? There are these light waves that enter the retina and get processed by the brain. And then this experience of seeing blue is kind of materializing. That is a real experience.

That's a real thing that happens in the universe. But the experience gives me the impression that there's blue everywhere.

That's a real thing that happens in the universe. But the experience gives me the impression that there's blue everywhere.

That's a real thing that happens in the universe. But the experience gives me the impression that there's blue everywhere.

Well, we don't know. And we don't know. I mean, obviously, you know, people who are blind have consciousness without being able to see. It does certainly to most of us feel like our consciousness is in this area. It's where all of the inputs from the outside world are coming. They're all getting processed by the brain. They're all linked up through the nervous system to the brain.

Well, we don't know. And we don't know. I mean, obviously, you know, people who are blind have consciousness without being able to see. It does certainly to most of us feel like our consciousness is in this area. It's where all of the inputs from the outside world are coming. They're all getting processed by the brain. They're all linked up through the nervous system to the brain.

Well, we don't know. And we don't know. I mean, obviously, you know, people who are blind have consciousness without being able to see. It does certainly to most of us feel like our consciousness is in this area. It's where all of the inputs from the outside world are coming. They're all getting processed by the brain. They're all linked up through the nervous system to the brain.

And so it makes sense that that's what we feel. And so part of the way we have a sense of being kind of a solid self and I is through this stream of memories that are connected, that are threaded through time. So there could be an experience I have that I don't remember, but we don't know the difference between there not being an experience that was had at all or just not remembering it.

And so it makes sense that that's what we feel. And so part of the way we have a sense of being kind of a solid self and I is through this stream of memories that are connected, that are threaded through time. So there could be an experience I have that I don't remember, but we don't know the difference between there not being an experience that was had at all or just not remembering it.

And so it makes sense that that's what we feel. And so part of the way we have a sense of being kind of a solid self and I is through this stream of memories that are connected, that are threaded through time. So there could be an experience I have that I don't remember, but we don't know the difference between there not being an experience that was had at all or just not remembering it.

And so if there are other experiences happening in my system, you know, if there are some experiences of liver processing or, you know, other types of processing that happen in my body, that never enter this stream of awareness, my conclusion is that they're not conscious, but we just don't know. We only know what enters the stream of memory and then what can be reported on.