Deep meditation and the Myth of No Ego - the Thalamus

Summary

November 30, 2018, 10 min

Why the advice to "drop your ego" is a myth: the thalamus binds awareness to the five senses every twenty-five milliseconds, so the ego falls away only in deep samadhi, when integration with the right brain brings a non-dual state. Intuition and meditative insight arrive as flashes between those signals.

In this video

Teaches

EgoThalamus

Discusses

SamadhiLeft and right brainIntegrationDual and non-dualIntuition

Mentions

BrainwavesParts integrationGopi KrishnaDorsal Vagal Complex

Key moments

00:00Why everyone who says "just drop your ego" is wrong 00:29What "drop your ego" really means: don't put yourself first 00:59Identified with the left brain; the right brain as a second presence 02:16Yoga as union: integrating into one whole brain 03:49Gopi Krishna on samadhi, and dual vs non-dual states 05:01The thalamus binds us to the five senses every 25 milliseconds 06:22Why the binding factor is needed for survival 07:01Intuition and the still small voice come between the signals 07:55Be kind, but the ego drops only in deep samadhi