In one of his conversations, Sam Harris describes an intriguing experience he had, when he met the Indian Guru Poonjaji. He says the experience was far deeper than what he had gone through in many meditation retreats that lasted for months.
By the way, Sam Harris is an American neuroscientist turned meditation teacher, who spent several years studying meditation in India. He is highly rational, and his primary interest was to understand how meditation can produce states similar to those induced by drugs like MDMA.
Poonjaji's teachings did not impress Sam very much. But something else puzzled him. How could the mere presence of Poonjaji, even for a short period, take him into such a deep experience?
By the way, Sam Harris is an American neuroscientist turned meditation teacher, who spent several years studying meditation in India. He is highly rational, and his primary interest was to understand how meditation can produce states similar to those induced by drugs like MDMA.
Poonjaji's teachings did not impress Sam very much. But something else puzzled him. How could the mere presence of Poonjaji, even for a short period, take him into such a deep experience?












