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==Etymology==

==Etymology==

[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Anglo-French, from Late [[Latin]] satisfaction-, satisfactio, from Latin, reparation, amends, from satisfacere  to satisfy

[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Anglo-French, from Late [[Latin]] satisfaction-, satisfactio, from Latin, reparation, amends, from satisfacere  to satisfy

*Date: [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_Century 14th century]

*Date: [https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_Century 14th century]

==Definitions==

==Definitions==

*1 a : the payment through penance of the temporal punishment incurred by a [[sin]]  

*1 a : the payment through penance of the temporal punishment incurred by a [[sin]]  

:c : vindication

:c : vindication

*4 : convinced [[assurance]] or certainty <proved to the satisfaction of the [[court]]>

*4 : convinced [[assurance]] or certainty <proved to the satisfaction of the [[court]]>

==Description==

==Description==

Some of the earliest [[references]] to the [[state]] of contentment are found in the reference to the midah (personal attribute) of Samayach B’Chelko. The [[expression]] comes from the word samayach (root Sin-Mem-Chet) [[meaning]] "[[happiness]], [[joy]] or contentment", and chelko (root Chet-Lamed-Kuf) meaning "portion, lot, or piece", and combined mean contentment with one’s lot in life. The [[attribute]] is referred to in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mishnah Mishnahic]  [[source]] which says

Some of the earliest [[references]] to the [[state]] of contentment are found in the reference to the midah (personal attribute) of Samayach B’Chelko. The [[expression]] comes from the word samayach (root Sin-Mem-Chet) [[meaning]] "[[happiness]], [[joy]] or contentment", and chelko (root Chet-Lamed-Kuf) meaning "portion, lot, or piece", and combined mean contentment with one’s lot in life. The [[attribute]] is referred to in the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mishnah Mishnahic]  [[source]] which says

:“Ben Zoma said: Who is rich? Those who are happy with their portion.”[1]

:“Ben Zoma said: Who is rich? Those who are happy with their portion.”[1]

:A joyful [[heart]] makes a cheerful face; A sad heart makes a despondent [[mood]]. All the days of a poor [[person]] are wretched, but contentment is a feast without end.

:A joyful [[heart]] makes a cheerful face; A sad heart makes a despondent [[mood]]. All the days of a poor [[person]] are wretched, but contentment is a feast without end.

The issue of contentment remained in Jewish [[thinking]] during the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_Ages Middle Ages] as [[evident]] for example in the [[writings]] of Solomon Ibn Gabirol, an eleventh-century Spanish [[poet]]-[[philosopher]] who taught,

The issue of contentment remained in Jewish [[thinking]] during the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_Ages Middle Ages] as [[evident]] for example in the [[writings]] of Solomon Ibn Gabirol, an eleventh-century Spanish [[poet]]-[[philosopher]] who taught,

:Who seeks more than he needs, hinders himself from enjoying what he has. Seek what you need and give up what you need not. For in giving up what you don’t need, you’ll learn what you really do need.  

:Who seeks more than he needs, hinders himself from enjoying what he has. Seek what you need and give up what you need not. For in giving up what you don’t need, you’ll learn what you really do need.  

In Yoga ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoga_Sutras_of_Patanjali Yoga Sutras of Patanjali]), movement or positions, [[breathing]] [[practices]], and concentration, as well as the yamas and niyamas, can contribute to a physical state of contentment (santosha).

In Yoga ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoga_Sutras_of_Patanjali Yoga Sutras of Patanjali]), movement or positions, [[breathing]] [[practices]], and concentration, as well as the yamas and niyamas, can contribute to a physical state of contentment (santosha).

In a [[Buddhist]] sense, it is the [[freedom]] from [[anxiety]], want or need. Contentment is the goal behind all goals because once achieved there is nothing to seek until it is lost. A living [[system]] cannot maintain contentment for very long as complete [[balance]] and [[harmony]] of [[forces]] means [[death]]. Living systems are a [[complex]] [[dance]] of forces which find a stability far from [[balance]]. Any [[attainment]] of balance is quickly met by rising [[pain]] which ends the momentary [[experience]] of satisfaction or contentment achieved. Buddha's task was to find the solution to this never ending descent into dissatisfaction or Dukkha.  

In a [[Buddhist]] sense, it is the [[freedom]] from [[anxiety]], want or need. Contentment is the goal behind all goals because once achieved there is nothing to seek until it is lost. A living [[system]] cannot maintain contentment for very long as complete [[balance]] and [[harmony]] of [[forces]] means [[death]]. Living systems are a [[complex]] [[dance]] of forces which find a stability far from [[balance]]. Any [[attainment]] of balance is quickly met by rising [[pain]] which ends the momentary [[experience]] of satisfaction or contentment achieved. Buddha's task was to find the solution to this never ending descent into dissatisfaction or Dukkha.  

The American philosopher, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Bruce_Raup Robert Bruce Raup] wrote a [[book]] ''Complacency:The Foundation of Human Behavior'' (1925) in which he claimed that the human need for complacency (i.e. inner tranquility) was the hidden spring of human behavior. Dr. Raup made this the basis of his [[pedagogical]] [[theory]], which he later used in his severe criticisms of the American Education system of the 1930s.

The American philosopher, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Bruce_Raup Robert Bruce Raup] wrote a [[book]] ''Complacency:The Foundation of Human Behavior'' (1925) in which he claimed that the human need for complacency (i.e. inner tranquility) was the hidden spring of human behavior. Dr. Raup made this the basis of his [[pedagogical]] [[theory]], which he later used in his severe criticisms of the American Education system of the 1930s.

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