A piece of wisdom from
March 21, 2021 · Sunday
The quote
“We think of ourselves far too frequently as just individuals, separated from one another, whereas you are connected.”
— Desmond Tutu · Ubuntu
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…
A practice for today
When the next difficult feeling arrives, ask yourself: the lesson of Hygge. The Danish art of cozy contentment, warmth, presence, and finding enough in small things.
From the Bhagavad Gita
Verse 15.5
निर्मानमोहा जितसङ्गदोषा अध्यात्मनित्या विनिवृत्तकामाः। द्वन्द्वैर्विमुक्ताः सुखदुःखसंज्ञैर्गच्छन्त्यमूढाः पदमव्ययं तत्॥
“Free from pride and delusion, conquerors of the evil of attachment, ever steadfast in the self, with desires withdrawn, freed from the dualities of pleasure and pain — undeluded, they reach that imperishable abode.”
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