The Five Remembrances

Practicing Human

Cory Muscara

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

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🗓️ 2 May 2023

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, we discuss Thich Nhat Hanh's 5 daily remembrances. These are five important truths that he suggests we keep in mind each day in order to live a meaningful, purposeful, and intentional life.

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0:00.0	Hello, and welcome back to practicing human, the podcast where every day we're getting
0:05.8	a little better at life.
0:07.8	I'm your host, Cory Muscarra, and in today's episode, I'm going to share with you Tick-Nott
0:14.1	Hans Five Remembrances that you can carry with you throughout the day and serve as reflections
0:21.2	for living a good and meaningful life.
0:24.4	More to come on that in a moment, first, let settle in together with the sound of the
0:28.5	bells.
0:50.7	So what I'm going to share are what Tick-Nott Hans calls the Five Remembrances.
0:57.4	And these are five things to keep in mind, five truths to remember that can guide a more
1:04.5	intentional, purposeful, and well-meaning life.
1:09.8	The first is, I am of the nature to grow old.
1:14.9	I am of the nature to grow old.
1:18.4	Second, I am of the nature to experience ill health.
1:23.3	Third, I am of the nature to die.
1:28.5	Fourth, all that is dear to me is of the nature to change.
1:34.4	Five, I cannot escape the consequences of my actions.
1:39.2	They are the ground upon which I stand.
1:44.5	So you might hear these and go, well, they don't exactly make me feel good.
1:51.5	It's not really positive psychology, and it's not very uplifting.
1:55.6	I am of the nature to die.
1:57.0	I am of the nature to experience ill health.
2:00.3	How does that help me live a more meaningful life?
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