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The Great Pursuit of Meaning

Summary

, 8 min

The soul's old desire for meaning, traced from an Omar Khayyam New Year stanza through Yogananda, Freud and Jung, and Viktor Frankl to the yogi's answer: look inside. Resonant breathing carries meditation toward the right brain, where the right hippocampus stores images and so holds meaning, bringing downloads from the higher self.

In this video

Teaches
Meaning of lifeRight hippocampus
Discusses
Omar KhayyamViktor FranklLeft and right brain
Mentions
AmritaParamahansa YoganandaSigmund FreudCarl JungHRV ResonanceIain McGilchristDownload Phase

Key moments

00:00A New Year stanza from Omar Khayyam's Wine of the Mystic01:11"Old desires": the soul's deep longings01:36Yogananda: "For wisdom too, man has native hunger"02:01Freud vs Jung on the search for meaning02:40Viktor Frankl: meaning is the puzzle03:16The yogi's answer: look inside the pot03:54Resonant breathing moves us from left brain to right brain04:30The right hippocampus as the storehouse of meaning05:42Touching images in meditation brings instant downloads06:13Going inside to hunt meaning; New Year wishes