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May 5, 2020 · Tuesday

The quote

“I have offered Maat to Ra. I have spoken Maat in the place of judgment. Maat ascends through me to the gods.”

— Anonymous scribe · Maat

The concept

Relationships

The biggest single predictor of how long, and how happily, you will live.

The longest study of human happiness ever conducted, the Harvard Adult Development Study, started in 1938 and still running, has one finding so clear it is almost embarrassing: the people who are happiest, healthiest, and live longest are t…

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A practice for today

When the next difficult feeling arrives, ask yourself: the lesson of Relationships. The biggest single predictor of how long, and how happily, you will live.

From the Bhagavad Gita

Verse 12.15

यस्मान्नोद्विजते लोको लोकान्नोद्विजते च यः। हर्षामर्षभयोद्वेगैर्मुक्तो यः स च मे प्रियः॥

“He from whom the world does not shrink, who does not shrink from the world, who is free from joy and envy, fear and agitation — such a person is dear to me.”

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