E146 - Cory Muscara: Former Monk: “Stop Missing Your Life!” Here’s the Key To Lasting Happiness
Know Thyself
André Duqum
4.8 • 658 Ratings
🗓️ 13 May 2025
⏱️ 122 minutes
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Summary
Cory Muscara shares profound insights on achieving lasting happiness and fulfillment in the present moment. He discusses his transformative journey from awakening to monastic life, emphasizing the importance of breaking free from cycles of internal distress. Muscara challenges common misconceptions about meditation, urging listeners to confront rather than escape emotional pain. Throughout the episode, he offers practical strategies for tuning into inner wisdom and strengthening intuitive knowing.
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0:00 Intro
1:39 Stop Missing Your Life
9:00 Finding Fulfillment in the Present Moment
13:43 Awakening & Becoming a Monk
25:32 Breaking the Cycle of Internal Distress
32:41 Stop Meditating Your Way Out of Emotional Pain
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45:46 The FACE Model - 4 Steps to Presence
51:04 Truth About Self Love
57:13 The Desire for Safety Controls Your Life
1:00:36 Practice to Tune Into Your Inner Knowing
1:06:53 Commitment & Romantic Relationships
1:27:42 Strengthening Your Intuitive Knowing
1:31:25 IFS Process for Healing Stuck Parts of Yourself
1:53:43 Finding Stability in Surrender
1:58:00 Conclusion
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| 0:00.0 | The belief that there is a future moment more worth our presence than the one we're in right now is why we miss our lives. |
| 0:06.0 | I was 22 when I went to live in the monastery. |
| 0:09.0 | A few days in I was like crying in my bed, wanting to leave, because I did not yet have the capacity to be with everything that was arising. |
| 0:15.0 | Most of our negative patterns, relationship woes, insecurities, they are not the result of not having enough will, energy, or patience. |
| 0:23.6 | They are the result of old, stuck pain. |
| 0:26.6 | If you're someone struggling with this and you feel like there's something in me that comes up, |
| 0:30.6 | I would start by, and this is where so many spiritual practitioners get stuck, |
| 0:35.6 | is do you believe you are fundamentally whole |
| 0:38.9 | or do you feel like you are fundamentally broken? |
| 0:41.7 | If you are fundamentally whole, |
| 0:43.4 | then your practice is about subtraction. |
| 0:46.5 | My direct experience has been we are fundamentally whole |
| 0:50.4 | and that is why I often say you need to descend |
| 0:53.0 | if you want to transcend. |
| 1:00.5 | Corey Muscarra. |
| 1:02.4 | Thanks for being here, dude. |
| 1:03.8 | Thanks, Andre. |
| 1:04.8 | Yeah. |
| 1:05.4 | One of my greatest joys in this podcast is getting to see these different individuals online |
| 1:10.1 | who are sharing similar inspiring |
| 1:11.7 | content around meditation, mindfulness, spirituality, and getting to connect in person and |
| 1:17.7 | feel like, oh, we're going to be great friends off the bat. |
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