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 the simplicity of the meaning of life. More to

come on that in a moment. 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, a great spiritual meditation teacher, and a student. I got this

from the book Mindfulness Day by Day by Josh Barron. And the questioner asks,

Katie, I believe that life is meaningless. That's my experience, and I can't find

any meaning. Byron Katie asks, so life is meaningless. Is that true? This is Byron

Katie's big question. Is that true? The person says, I just can't feel anything.

That's the way it feels. Byron Katie says, is that true? Life is totally

meaningful for me. Yeah, but not for me. Byron Katie finally responds, the

meaning of life for me is to simply sit here with you and never gets more

complicated than that. It's just so close that you don't recognize it. What is

the meaning of life? For me, it's to sit here. That's it. To sit until I walk. It's

pretty simple stuff. What is life's purpose? To sit here with you. So there's

something very simple about this. So simple, it's almost annoying. And so simple

that it might be one of the most profound things I've read in a while. I've

always struggled with or been frustrated by the idea of finding your meaning

for life. I think it's great when some people have that. But for me, this

always felt like an ongoing exploration, something that feels like it's

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