Science Is SHATTERING Our Understanding Of Reality: It’s All About Consciousness | Annaka Harris

Rich Roll

Mar 10, 2025

Episode description

Annaka Harris is a New York Times bestselling author and creator of the audio documentary “Lights On.” We explore whether consciousness is fundamental to the universe, the illusion of self, and my transformative psychedelic experience that collapsed space-time. READ MORE👉🏾 (link)
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CHAPTERS
00:00:00 Intro
00:02:22 Interview Start
00:04:07 Defining Consciousness
00:06:49 Challenges in Defining Consciousness
00:12:24 Fundamental Consciousness vs. Emergent Consciousness
00:18:25 Experiencing Consciousness
00:19:54 Experiences Beyond Self
00:23:02 Emergence of Consciousness, Space and Time
00:24:30 Questioning Consciousness with Psychedelics
00:29:05 Questioning Consciousness with Science
00:33:24 Sponsor Break
00:35:40 Rich's Meditation on the Nature of Consciousness
00:37:48 Audio Documentary, "Lights On"
00:39:05 Limits of Communication
00:40:05 Sensory Substitution and Addition
00:42:53 Consciousness and Universal Structure
00:46:21 Physics and Consciousness
00:52:01 Understanding Things That We Can't Perceive
00:54:36 Surrendering to Not Knowing
00:57:05 Dimensions of Love
00:58:35 The Difficult Questions Surrounding Consciousness
01:01:23 Sponsor Break
01:03:32 Emergent Property vs. Fundamental Property
01:08:45 How Does A Fundamental Perspective Square With Science?
01:11:38 AI and Consciousness
01:15:44 Experiential Science
01:17:42 Sharing Intuition
01:20:42 The Importance Of Asking The Deeper Questions
01:24:37 Cinematic Reflections
01:25:59 The Universe Is One Thing
01:29:56 Developing a Deeper Sense of Compassion
01:31:42 Scientific Reception of Consciousness Ideas
01:33:21 Consciousness and Suffering
01:35:21 Closing Thoughts

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Episode description

Annaka Harris is a New York Times bestselling author and creator of the audio documentary “Lights On.” We explore whether consciousness is fundamental to the universe, the illusion of self, and my transformative psychedelic experience that collapsed space-time. READ MORE👉🏾 (link)
✌🏼🌱 - Rich

This Episode Is Brought To You By…
On: High-performance shoes & apparel crafted for comfort and style👉https://bit.ly/ONXRRP2025
AG1: Get a Welcome Kit, a bottle of D3K2 AND 5 free travel packs 👉https://bit.ly/ag12025
OneSkin: Get 15% off with the code RICHROLL👉 https://bit.ly/oneskinrrp
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CHAPTERS
00:00:00 Intro
00:02:22 Interview Start
00:04:07 Defining Consciousness
00:06:49 Challenges in Defining Consciousness
00:12:24 Fundamental Consciousness vs. Emergent Consciousness
00:18:25 Experiencing Consciousness
00:19:54 Experiences Beyond Self
00:23:02 Emergence of Consciousness, Space and Time
00:24:30 Questioning Consciousness with Psychedelics
00:29:05 Questioning Consciousness with Science
00:33:24 Sponsor Break
00:35:40 Rich's Meditation on the Nature of Consciousness
00:37:48 Audio Documentary, "Lights On"
00:39:05 Limits of Communication
00:40:05 Sensory Substitution and Addition
00:42:53 Consciousness and Universal Structure
00:46:21 Physics and Consciousness
00:52:01 Understanding Things That We Can't Perceive
00:54:36 Surrendering to Not Knowing
00:57:05 Dimensions of Love
00:58:35 The Difficult Questions Surrounding Consciousness
01:01:23 Sponsor Break
01:03:32 Emergent Property vs. Fundamental Property
01:08:45 How Does A Fundamental Perspective Square With Science?
01:11:38 AI and Consciousness
01:15:44 Experiential Science
01:17:42 Sharing Intuition
01:20:42 The Importance Of Asking The Deeper Questions
01:24:37 Cinematic Reflections
01:25:59 The Universe Is One Thing
01:29:56 Developing a Deeper Sense of Compassion
01:31:42 Scientific Reception of Consciousness Ideas
01:33:21 Consciousness and Suffering
01:35:21 Closing Thoughts

CONNECT WITH RICH
✩ Website - http://richroll.com​
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NEW TO RICH?
Hi I'm Rich Roll. I'm a vegan ultra-endurance athlete, author, podcaster, public speaker & wellness evangelist. But mainly I'm a dad of four. If you want to know more, visit my website or check out these two the NY Times articles:
http://bit.ly/otillonyt
http://bit.ly/vegansglam

I LOVE MAIL! SEND IT HERE:
2630 Conejo Spectrum St.
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Mindsip insights from this episode:

Reconsider space as an emergent property of the universe

Most physicists are now convinced that space itself is not part of the fundamental story of the universe, but is an emergent property.

Recognize memory's role in shaping false self-identity

The sense of a continuous self over time is an illusion created by memory; your three-year-old self is as different from you now as another person is.

Recognize AI consciousness as fundamentally alien experience

Because AI is built from different matter, its conscious experience would be vastly different from ours, even if it behaves like a human.

Recognize love's transcendence beyond spatial dimensions

Many of our most profound conscious experiences, like love, do not need to fit into our three-dimensional perception of external space.

Develop new senses through electro-tactile stimulation

In an experiment, participants developed a new, intuitive sense of magnetic north using a belt that delivered electro-tactile signals to their brain.

Understand green as a brain-created experience, not an object property

The color green is not a property of objects in the world but is an experience created by your brain in response to light waves.

Experience time and self dissolution through medically supervised psychedelics

A medically supervised MDMA and psilocybin journey can completely dissolve the self and evaporate the experience of time and space.

Explore consciousness as a fundamental property of the universe

It is just as likely that consciousness is a simple, fundamental property of the universe as it is a complex property that emerges from matter.

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