Meditation Room : Ridiculous to Sublime – Cartoon 17 Jan 1971 & S-G Hammarskjold on “ROOM of QUIET”

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The New Yorker Magazine of 16 January 1971 included a cartoon depicting the United Nations Delegates Lounge.

Below Quote of one delegate saying to a frowning, pensive or discouraged looking fellow:

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“Dame it all, man, we have a Meditation Room for that sort of thing!”


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It was favorite of some members of the Meditation Group who for “smiling and balance”

kept the cartoon juxtaposition with

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Dag Hammarskjold Quote on the “Room of Quiet”.

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