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Yogi explains Projection and the Sense of Self - Self Inquiry for meditation

Summary

, 11 min

Self-inquiry into "Who am I?" peels away thoughts, memories, emotions and beliefs, exposing the sense of self as a hallucination of the left temporal lobe. Projection follows: unresolved issues are cast onto others, who mirror them back, with a laughter-and-compassion test for clarity. The right brain projects both others and God, and this disidentification deepens meditation.

In this video

Teaches
Self-inquiryProjection
Discusses
EgoTemporal lobeLeft and right brainNeurotheologyDisidentification
Mentions
Right amygdalaCarl JungJesus

Key moments

00:00Two senses of self: your own and others outside you00:26Who am I? Not thoughts, memories, emotions or beliefs02:07The sense of self as a hallucination of the temporal lobes02:35Right amygdala: the sense of doom comes first03:16The monkey LSD experiment points to the temporal lobe04:01The perpetual story machine in the left temporal lobe04:59If we are empty shells, what do we see in others?05:39Jung on projection: others mirror our unresolved issues06:19A test for clarity: compassion and laughter07:46Left brain for the self, right brain for others and God08:58The other is God: the guest is God, the least of them09:27Disidentification sinks meditation deeper