Live with Precision

Practicing Human

Cory Muscara

Personal Development, Presence, Mental Health, Wellness, Personal Growth, Meditation, Self-improvement, Mindfulness, Self Improvement, Health & Fitness, Education, Positive Psychology, Happiness, Buddhism

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🗓️ 29 January 2020

⏱️ 11 minutes

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What does it mean to live with precision? During my time in Burma, I taped this word to my wall so that it would guide my way of being throughout the day. In this episode, we'll explore why it was useful to me and why it might be useful to you. As always, if you'd like to get free access to my resource library, including guided meditations, book recommendations, app recommendations, and more, text your email address to: +1 (631) 337-8298

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0:00.0	Well, hello there. Welcome back to Practicing Human. This is the podcast where every day we're practicing getting a little better at life.
0:09.0	I am your host, Corey Muscarra. And before we go in today's episode, a quick announcement that if you are in the Philadelphia
0:17.0	area I will be doing a talk on my book at the University of Pennsylvania Bookstore.
0:22.4	It will take place next Thursday. at the University of Pennsylvania Bookstore.
0:22.8	It will take place next Thursday, February 6th, 2020
0:27.4	at 7 p.m.
0:29.1	If you're in the area, I'd love to see you there.
0:32.2	Okay, in today's episode I am going to be talking
0:36.4	about what it means to live with precision. More to come on that in a moment, but first let's tune in and settle in with the sound of the
0:46.7	bells. Hmm, precision.
1:01.1	precision. I love this word. Brings back a lot of good memories and a lot of painful memories.
1:13.0	The idea of living my moments with precision
1:17.0	was something I carried with me during my extended silent retreat in Burma. In fact, I kept a note hanging on my wall in my room
1:27.6	that just said precision, so that every single morning when I woke up I would see it and it would serve as a guiding
1:34.5	principle for me throughout the day.
1:37.4	So what is it about this word precision?
1:40.1	Why was it meaningful to me and why did I hang it up in my room as a guiding principal?
1:46.4	Well, the inspiration for it came from reading the great meditation teacher Joseph Goldstein's book, The Experience of Insight.
1:56.0	It was one of the only books I had with me during my retreat in Burma.
2:01.0	We technically weren't supposed to read during our retreat. All of our
2:05.7	efforts were supposed to go to practice, but sometimes it got a little too intense
2:10.4	that I needed to go to some other ideas and teachings for some
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