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Subject: Re: [OM] Not a good situation to be in....
From: Bob Whitmire <bwhitmire@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 26 May 2014 10:58:57 -0400
Indeed, I believe they call it the middle path, or middle way. One of the 
principal principles of Buddhism is to transcend duality, which Buddhism holds 
as a false, or imposed, perception. Duality does not exist. It _seems_ to 
exist, and thus we stray from the path. Some might say we get distracted. <g>

--Bob Whitmire
Certified Neanderthal

On May 26, 2014, at 5:53 AM, Andrew Fildes <afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I think it was Aristotle (excuse the name dropping) who argued that the 
> virtue of courage is not the opposite of cowardice. He saw it as a middle 
> path between cowardice and rashness. He then applied it to all the virtues - 
> the virtue is found between a deficit and an excess. It's very useful - think 
> the Buddhists have a similar view of avoiding the extremes - and it gets rid 
> of simplistic  'polar' thinking. (Black/white, day/night, us/them, good/bad….)

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