What happens when we are told time and again "All things in Moderation" and yet there are things that we want to do that go above and beyond moderation?
Do I want love in moderation? I wonder about that. If it means less pain and struggle to have less love in my life, is that a compromise that I am willing to make?
Do I want happiness in moderation? Can I be so happy that people no longer can relate to me. The town fool, the fuggy-head granola person who meditates and is happy all the time?
Do I want peace in moderation? If I have all peace and I am no longer affected negatively by anything that happens in my life, will I loose my empathy and compassion for others?
Do I want joy in moderation? Can I have so much joy, that I would no longer appreciate it in relation to despair or depression? Would I even be able to recognize these feelings in others or myself?
Do I want faith in moderation? Can I have so much faith that doubt is no longer a part of my life?
I have come to the conclusion that while we are in this world, while we are in these bodies, we experience things by feeling their opposites.
Our nature is one of duality.
Emotions are experienced through the understanding and experience of their polar opposite. How can we experience joy if we do not experience despair. How to know of love except by it's absence. How to know and appreciate faith except through doubt.
I would say that "Everything in Moderation" is a wise thing, but I would say also "Everything in relation to everything else."
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