The Root of Judgment, Character, & Will

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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🗓️ 2 March 2020

⏱️ 10 minutes

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In this episode, we explore a William James quote that has great relevance to the work we're doing here at Practicing Human. 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	Hello and welcome back to practicing human the podcast where every day we're getting a little better at life.
0:09.0	I am your host Corey Muscara tuning in from Byron Bay Australia. So if you hear some sounds in the background,
0:17.2	it is the wonderful wildlife of Australia. It is beautiful here. Shout out to anyone from Australia
0:24.4	and especially Byron Bay.
0:26.5	In today's episode, I'm going to be sharing with you
0:29.4	a quote from the great philosopher slash psychologist William James and why it has relevance
0:36.8	to what we're doing here at practicing human and living a good life in general.
0:41.7	More to come on that in a moment, but first let's settle in with the sound of the bells. So this quote I'm going to share with you from William James has been quite popular in the
1:08.6	mindfulness world over the years and you'll see why. It speaks directly to a lot of what we're working on in a
1:17.0	meditation practice and it takes it a step deeper. So William James says,
1:24.6	the faculty of voluntarily bringing back
1:27.9	a wandering attention over and over again
1:31.7	is the very root of judgment, character, and will. An education which should
1:39.5	improve this faculty would be the education par excellence.
1:45.0	The faculty of voluntarily bringing back a wandering attention
1:50.0	over and over again is the very root of judgment, character, and will.
1:55.0	Huh, that's a big statement.
1:59.0	But if we look at that first line,
2:01.0	a faculty of voluntarily bringing back a wandering attention,
2:05.0	bringing back a wandering attention
2:08.0	over and over again.
2:10.0	Well, what does that sound like?
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