The Meaning of Life

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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🗓️ 1 December 2021

⏱️ 5 minutes

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In today's episode, I share an interaction between Byron Katie and one of her students, and how it illuminates Byron Katie's simple yet brilliant perspective on the meaning of life. 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 And if you'd like to get daily inspirational text messages to your phone from me, just text the word "podcast" to +1...

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome back to practicing human, the podcast where every day we're getting a little better at life.
0:07.7	I'm your host, Corey Miscara.
0:09.8	And in today's episode, we're going to talk about the simplicity of the meaning of life.
0:16.2	More to come on that in a moment.
0:18.2	First, let's settle in together with the sound of the bells. So in today's episode, I'm going to share a short interview interaction between Byron Katie,
0:51.2	a great spiritual meditation teacher and a student. I got this from the book,
0:59.5	Mindfulness Day by Day by Josh Barron. And the questioner asks, Katie, I believe that life is
1:09.8	meaningless. That's my experience, and I can that life is meaningless.
1:15.2	That's my experience and I can't find any meaning.
1:20.6	Byron Katie asks, so life is meaningless.
1:22.6	Is that true?
1:25.6	This is Byron Katie's big question.
1:26.7	Is that true?
1:31.6	The person says, I just can't feel anything.
1:33.5	That's the way it feels.
1:38.0	Byron Katie says, is that true?
1:41.2	Life is totally meaningful for me?
1:45.6	Yeah, but not for me.
1:49.3	Byron Katie finally responds,
1:53.6	the meaning of life for me is to simply sit here with you.
1:56.3	It never gets more complicated than that.
1:59.9	It's just so close that you don't recognize it. What is the meaning of life?
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