MeaningofLife.tv

Greg's work teaching Zen meditation to Brooklyn teens ... How Greg went from anger to Zen ... What young people learn from meditation ... Comparing Zen with other branches of Buddhism ... The experience of "emptiness" through meditation ... What's the purpose of Zen koans? ...

A Catholic questions whether Jesus is the "one and only savior" ... How Paul integrates Buddhism and Christianity ... Paul: Jesus, like the Buddha, "fully woke up" ... How "interbeing" leads to loving thy neighbor ... Meditation, the Eucharist, and the feeling that "all is well" ... Paul: Peace in the world starts with peace within yourself ...

Digging into C. S. Lewis's "Liar, Lunatic, or Lord" argument ... Did Jesus assert his own divinity? ... Unpacking "son of God" and "son of man" ... The Jesus of John vs. the Jesus of Mark ... How to use the New Testament as a historical document ... Why Leslie, a Christian, wants to rebut Lewis's apologetic ...

Science and mindfulness meditation ... Dave: "Self" and "other" are societal constructs ... Teaching cognitive neuroscience to Tibetan monks ... Understanding the self as "500 milliseconds of selfing" ... Are mindfulness and creativity in conflict? ... New technology to facilitate meditation ...

Finding meaning in faith and family ... How to be political yet non-tribal ... Friendship as a source of corruption ... What Donald Trump gets wrong about the value of money ... Our special connection with dogs ... On confronting the inevitability of death ...

Oliver's book on happiness and negativity, The Antidote ... What's the worst that could happen? Imagine it! ... Similarities between Stoicism and Buddhism ... What our fear of death is really about ... What's the connection between money and happiness? ... Why you should "hang out" in negative situations ...

The theory of mirror neurons… ... …and why Greg believes this theory is wrong ... How the mirror neuron theory became so popular ... Explaining "embodied cognition" ... Quantum physics and our perception of reality ... Is consciousness a fundamental property of the universe? ...

Jeff reviews Jerry Coyne's book, Faith vs. Fact ... How likely was the evolution of intelligent life? ... A contradiction in Coyne’s case against divine purpose ... Bob argues for a materialist teleology ... Are there true moral facts, or just rules that work? ... Is moral judgment an evolutionary "spandrel"? ...

What guides our moral decision-making? ... Dealing with conflicting moral obligations ... Distinguishing feelings from beliefs ... What makes an expert? ... What a moral theory does ... Why “effective altruism” isn’t compelling ...

Yes, you can be a "spiritual atheist" ... Intuitive beliefs about the body and the soul ... Julien: The soul (most likely) doesn't exist ... How believing in the soul makes you more punitive ... Crime, moral responsibility, and a suffering boulder ... Julien: We don't need God to provide us with meaning ...