<p>Dr Shamil Chandaria is a senior research fellow at the centre for Eudaimonia and Human Flourishing, University of Oxford. He is also a research fellow at the Institute of Philosophy, London University, where he focuses on philosophical issues in neuroscience and well-being; a research fellow at Imperial College in the neuroscience of psychedelics; and a bye-fellow at Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge University. He has multi-disciplinary research interests spanning computational neuroscience, machine learning &amp; artificial intelligence, and the philosophy and science of human well-being. He is currently working on computational theories of consciousness and meditation. Shamil has been a meditator for 38 years and has contemplative training in early Buddhism, Tibetan Buddhism, Advaita Vedanta and Kashmir <a href="http://shivaism.To" class="linkified" target="_blank">Shivaism.To</a> join future events, newsletter and access ad-free event recordings go to:<a href="https://adventuresinawareness.comYour" class="linkified" target="_blank">https://adventuresinawareness.comYour</a> contributions support future content, and are greatly appreciated:- <a href="https://adventuresinawareness.com/membership-" class="linkified" target="_blank">https://adventuresinawareness.com/membership-</a> One-off PayPal donations: <a href="https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/adventuresin" class="linkified" target="_blank">https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/adventuresin</a> Follow the Adventure:- Subscribe to us on youtube: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@adventuresinawareness-" class="linkified" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/@adventuresinawareness-</a> Twitter: <a href="https://x.com/AdvInAwareness-" class="linkified" target="_blank">https://x.com/AdvInAwareness-</a> iTunes: <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/adventures-in-awareness/id1535917754" class="linkified" target="_blank">https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/adventures-in-awareness/id1535917754</a> - Spotify: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/2jiebSpdVu9YbpLOtWlKYU" class="linkified" target="_blank">https://open.spotify.com/show/2jiebSpdVu9YbpLOtWlKYU</a> - Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/adventuresinawarenessBanner" class="linkified" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/adventuresinawarenessBanner</a> art by <a href="https://www.instagram.com/jadewade/" class="linkified" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/jadewade/</a></p> <br/><br/>This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit <a href="https://adventuresinawareness.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&#38;utm_campaign=CTA_1">adventuresinawareness.substack.com</a>