A piece of wisdom from
August 30, 2025 · Saturday
The quote
“Loneliness is now associated with a greater risk of premature death than obesity, and is equivalent to smoking 15 cigarettes a day.”
— Vivek Murthy · Relationships
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 18.78
यत्र योगेश्वरः कृष्णो यत्र पार्थो धनुर्धरः। तत्र श्रीर्विजयो भूतिर्ध्रुवा नीतिर्मतिर्मम॥
“Wherever there is Krishna, the lord of yoga, and wherever there is Partha, the wielder of the bow — there will be prosperity, victory, abundance, and sound morality. This is my conviction.”
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