The middle path isn’t a prescription for self-denial or boredom, it’s deep wisdom that comes from understanding the law of cause and effect. The larger the movement in one direction, the larger the reaction will eventually be in the opposite direction. Swinging between highs and lows in relationships, achievement and injury in sports and success and failure in work creates a volatility that’s temporarily exciting, but inevitably results in an exhausting effort to recover equilibrium. This stimulation accompanying the continuous movement between extremes can’t compare with the delightful satisfaction of…
Inner peace and balance.
