Published on August 13, 2025 9:11 AM GMT

Awakening/satori is the process by which meditation permanently cures^[1] a person of suffering. I have noticed that people who have gone through the process of awakening usually have little intrinsic desire to share the details of that experience. Getting an enlightened person to talk about himself can be like picking a lock. Causally, this makes sense—people with ego death have little need to brag.

When meditation was limited to yogis in mountain monasteries, perhaps the silence was a good thing. But now apps like Headspace are mainstream. What happens when some of its users stumble upon exotic mind-altering experiences? I know where to find my local zen master and how to talk to him. But I doubt the median Headspace user does.

For that reason, I'm going to try the opposite as an experiment. If there's anything you want to know about meditation, awakening, etc. from someone who is a couple years past stream entry and has a strong enough scientific background to understand Steven Byrnes theory of what's happening in the brain, consider this an invitation to ask. The most basic questions are welcome, as well as advanced questions. There are some things I may choose not to answer, but you are certainly welcome to ask.

Talking about sex used to be taboo, but humanity is much richer now that accurate information is available for free online. If we are to liberate all sentient beings from suffering, the same must be true of enlightenment.