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May 26, 2024 · Sunday

The quote

“Friendship is a single soul dwelling in two bodies.”

Aristotle · Relationships

The concept

Hygge

The Danish art of cozy contentment, warmth, presence, and finding enough in small things.

Denmark is consistently among the happiest countries on earth, through long, dark, expensive winters, and Danes credit hygge (pronounced HOO-gah). It is not a thing you buy; it is an atmosphere you create: candlelight instead of glare, a wa…

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A practice for today

Walk one slow block today and observe the lesson of Hygge. The Danish art of cozy contentment, warmth, presence, and finding enough in small things.

From the Bhagavad Gita

Verse 5.22

ये हि संस्पर्शजा भोगा दुःखयोनय एव ते। आद्यन्तवन्तः कौन्तेय न तेषु रमते बुधः॥

“The pleasures born of contact with external objects are wombs of suffering. They have a beginning and an end. The wise do not delight in them.”

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