A piece of wisdom from
January 25, 2024 · Thursday
The quote
“It's only by saying no that you can concentrate on the things that are really important.”
— Steve Jobs · The Power of No
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
Notice one moment today when 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 9.26
पत्रं पुष्पं फलं तोयं यो मे भक्त्या प्रयच्छति। तदहं भक्त्युपहृतमश्नामि प्रयतात्मनः॥
“Whoever offers me with devotion a leaf, a flower, a fruit, or water — that, the offering of the pure-hearted, I accept.”
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