A piece of wisdom from
December 10, 2022 · Saturday
The quote
“The beauty of a craft lies not in its perfection, but in the honesty of the hand that made it and the use that wears it.”
— Soetsu Yanagi · Wabi-Sabi
The concept
Maat
The 5,000-year-old Egyptian principle of truth, order, balance, and the 42 Negative Confessions the heart was weighed against.
In ancient Egyptian cosmology, Maat was both a goddess and a principle, the order that holds back chaos (Isfet), the truth that lights the world, the balance that the Pharaoh's job was to maintain. When you died, your heart was weighed on a…
A practice for today
Before bed tonight, name one thing where the lesson of Maat. The 5,000-year-old Egyptian principle of truth, order, balance, and the 42 Negative Confessions the heart was weighed against.
From the Bhagavad Gita
Verse 2.47
कर्मण्येवाधिकारस्ते मा फलेषु कदाचन। मा कर्मफलहेतुर्भूर्मा ते सङ्गोऽस्त्वकर्मणि॥
“Your right is to the work itself, never to its fruits. Do not let the fruits of action be your motive, and do not be attached to inaction.”
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