Hello, and welcome back to practicing human, the podcast where every day we're getting

a little better at life.

I'm your host, Cory Muscara, and in today's episode we're going to talk about why developing

a still mind is compelling for others and often makes others gravitate toward us.

More to come on that in a moment, first let's settle in together with the sound of the

bells.

We'll start this episode with a short poem by W.B. Yates, it's called Still Water.

We can make our minds so like still water that beings gather around us, that they may

see it may be their own images, and so live for a moment with a clearer perhaps even with

a fiercer life because of our quiet.

We can make our minds so like still water that beings gather about us, that they may see

it may be their own images, and so live for a moment with a clearer perhaps even with

a fiercer life because of our quiet.

So this one's interesting.

What makes a still mind compelling?

What makes a more grounded calm, quiet mind inspire perhaps a fiercer life?

I've noticed this in my own experience with meditation.

It's not something that I necessarily take credit for or can say, oh, look at me, I'm

so great and popular.

It's because of the practice, and I've seen this fluctuate as my practice fluctuates.

My presence becomes more or less compelling to people.

I notice every time I come off of a retreat, whether it's a couple of days or much longer,

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