A piece of wisdom from
April 9, 2019 · Tuesday
The quote
“We are not designed to be on all the time. The fact that we can be on all the time does not mean we should be. Energy is renewed; it is not infinite.”
— Tony Schwartz · Burnout
The concept
Dharma
The right thing to do, in your particular life, right now.
Dharma is the most translated and most mistranslated word in Indian thought. It is not religion. It is not duty in the dull civic sense. It is the right action, for you, in your nature, at this stage of your life, with the people in front o…
A practice for today
Walk one slow block today and observe the lesson of Dharma. The right thing to do, in your particular life, right now.
From the Bhagavad Gita
Verse 7.7
मत्तः परतरं नान्यत्किञ्चिदस्ति धनञ्जय। मयि सर्वमिदं प्रोतं सूत्रे मणिगणा इव॥
“There is nothing higher than I, O Dhananjaya. All this is strung on me as pearls on a thread.”
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