Guru Viking Podcast

In this episode I host part 3 of a dialogue between Shinzen Young, meditation teacher and neuroscience research consultant, and Chelsey Fasano, a Columbia University neuroscience student. We discuss oneness vs emptiness experiences, gamma brain activity and binding, Posner’s model of attention networks, and more. Chelsey explores the surprising similarities between mystical experience, epilepsy, and orgasm; while Shinzen reveals the profound challenge of integrating esoteric states into practical life. … Video version at https://www.guruviking.com/ep81-shinzen-young-chelsey-fasano-3-orgasm-epilepsy-mystical-experience/ 
Audio version of this podcast also available on iTunes and Stitcher – search ‘Guru Viking Podcast’.
 … Topics Include: 0:00 - Intro 1:28 - A model for the process of change that contemplative practice causes 3:07 - Chelsey’s epiphany about gamma and theta in advanced meditators 7:31 - Oneness vs emptiness as meditation experiences 10:36 - Reduction in suffering as increase in ner