' Be moderate '...
When you eat too much,
you forget your truth,
and fasting makes you conceited,
so eat with some discipline,
and consciously. Be
an ordinary human being.
Then the door will open,
and you'll recognize the way.
Lalla, be moderate!
- Lalla
14th Century North Indian mystic
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From "Naked Song"
Versions by Coleman Barks
Maypop 1992
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my granny would always give that advice...
"Everything in moderation", she would say in broken english...
which i interpreted as taking the middle path just as Buddha taught.
it is equanimity and equilibrium that propel us straightforward down the middle path, directly to the door of liberation.
Namaste
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