Hello and welcome back to practicing human the podcast where every day we are getting a little better at life.

I'm your host, Corey Muscarra, and I am tuning in from cloudy San Francisco.

So shout out to any San Fransiskins.

I think that's how you say it.

Today we are going to be talking about

how mindfulness might be incorporated into your particular faith, religion,

spirituality.

Make sure you listen all the way through the after party because I will have a big special announcement at the end.

More to say about that soon, but for now let's just settle in with the bells. So one of our listeners asked any tips on how to incorporate Christianity

with mindfulness meditation. I feel like it's a great opportunity to get connected

with God if you believe in that sort of thing, but I'm not sure how to go about it.

Thanks. Great question and I first want to acknowledge that there may be listeners of all

different faiths on this podcast different religions different spiritualities

so I'm going to try and make this as accessible, relatable, and applicable to as many

listeners as possible with the understanding that I am not an expert in any particular

religion. So because of that I am going to default to a short story

that I think illustrates this intersection well between mindfulness and however one conceptualizes their God. So Dan Rather a CBS anchor

once asked Mother Teresa what do you say to God in your prayers? Mother Teresa responded, I don't say anything. I just listen. So Dan asked, well, what does God say? And she responded, he doesn't say anything.

He just listens.

She went on to say,

If you don't understand, I don't know how to explain it to you.

I don't know how to explain it to you. I don't know how you conceptualize prayer in your own life,

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