A piece of wisdom from
September 7, 2021 · Tuesday
The quote
“The shorter your sleep, the shorter your life.”
— Matthew Walker · Longevity
The concept
Relationships
The biggest single predictor of how long, and how happily, you will live.
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A practice for today
Try this once today: the lesson of Relationships. The biggest single predictor of how long, and how happily, you will live.
From the Bhagavad Gita
Verse 2.20
न जायते म्रियते वा कदाचिन्नायं भूत्वा भविता वा न भूयः। अजो नित्यः शाश्वतोऽयं पुराणो न हन्यते हन्यमाने शरीरे॥
“The soul is never born, nor does it die. It has not come into being, will not come into being, and will not cease to be. Unborn, eternal, ever-existing, undying, primeval — it is not slain when the body is slain.”
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