When you ask how likely it is that it’s an artifact of the therapeutic procedure, what’s the alternative hypothesis you have in mind? What would not being an artifact of the therapeutic procedure mean?
It would probably mean something like “rigpa” or “buddha-nature” or “atman” or “hridayam” or “spirit” or “divine spark” or “pure intelligence”, right? The general concept (or transcendence of concepts) behind those terms seems to have been established as an empirical phenomenon, even if one feels a need to avoid all supernatural connotations of the language used to describe it; it’s what Sam Harris tries to get users of the Waking Up app to experience with the instruction to “look for what’s looking” (or what’s described in the “Dancing with the Gods” essay mentioned in another of your posts).
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When you ask how likely it is that it’s an artifact of the therapeutic procedure, what’s the alternative hypothesis you have in mind? What would not being an artifact of the therapeutic procedure mean?
It would probably mean something like “rigpa” or “buddha-nature” or “atman” or “hridayam” or “spirit” or “divine spark” or “pure intelligence”, right? The general concept (or transcendence of concepts) behind those terms seems to have been established as an empirical phenomenon, even if one feels a need to avoid all supernatural connotations of the language used to describe it; it’s what Sam Harris tries to get users of the Waking Up app to experience with the instruction to “look for what’s looking” (or what’s described in the “Dancing with the Gods” essay mentioned in another of your posts).