“Having A Stroke Is Like A Mystical Experience” - Robert Greene
Chris Williamson
Culture shapes reality 0:00
Your culture and your brain limit what you take as real. What counts as reality in one age, like 21st century America, can shift completely in another.
Stroke and silence 1:31
A neuroscientist’s stroke shut down her filters. She felt bliss, silence, and a strange unity with everything. After recovery, she had language back, but missed that state.
Sublime breaks limits 4:00
The sublime is what pushes you past those limits and makes life feel strange and vast. It can come through death, climbing, or simply seeing how unlikely life is.
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