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The Virtue of Moderation
artofmanliness.com — While at first our senses are acutely tuned in to the input they are receiving, they fast become acclimated to the stimuli. The stimuli lose the ability to wow us and give us pleasure. We become numb to it. The key to experiencing greater fulfillment and pleasure is actually moderation.
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- moonface, on 04/28/2008, -1/+6"We stay closed to the full range of our experience because of a basic ignorance - an ignoring of the true nature of phenomena. We believe that happiness lies in the experience of pleasurable feelings, ignoring their fleeting, unfulfilling nature. This ignorance feeds the craving in the mind for more and more pleasant feeling. And although our desire for pleasant feeling is continually being gratified, we are never fully satisfied, precisely because of fleetingness and insubstantiality of these feelings. The conditioning that is then happening in our minds is simply the nourishing and strengthening of the desire, since, remaining unsatisfied, we are continually wanting more. It is like trying to quench your thirst by drinking ocean water. The more you drink the thirstier you become." - Joseph Goldstein, Seeking The Heart of Wisdom
- suzywang3000, on 04/28/2008, -5/+2unless we're talking about cocaine of course...
- runnergirl20, on 04/28/2008, -1/+3This is very true for a variety of things in society. For example horror movies used to be all about suspense and making you jump. Now every horror movie has to continually push the envelope and make the film bloodier and more gruesome. Yeah, a movie like "Hostel"is scary, but once you show someone's toes being snipped off, where do you go from there?
- Gazelem23, on 04/28/2008, -2/+4Is there exception to this virtue for Digging?
- BuzzDiggity, on 04/28/2008, -1/+9can moderation grow chest hair? now that would be manly.
- pearlfender2, on 04/28/2008, -1/+7often preached, rarely practiced....but a simple and powerful way to live
- Weezer1223, on 04/29/2008, -1/+2Agreed. People constantly talk about moderation all the time on the web, but hardly anyone puts into practice. We're such an extreme society. Take politics. You're either a conservative nut job or pinko liberal. You tell people you're a moderate and their brain explodes because they can't think in nuances.
And I've read the Extreme Teen Bible. Yeah... It's extreme. Be careful with that thing. - jaybol, on 04/29/2008, -1/+3Reminds me of an article about the super-stimuli society (e.g. grape soda taste vs. an actual grape)...this paragraph in particular from the article is great "They all show the way in which our brains quickly become accustomed to stimulation. While at first our senses are acutely tuned in to the input they are receiving, they fast become acclimated to the stimuli. The stimuli lose the ability to wow us and give us pleasure. We become numb to it. At this point most people reach for something new to experience those fresh feelings anew."
- aflusche, on 04/29/2008, -1/+4Moderation in all things. Or should it be "moderation in SOME things"? We definitely don't want to take moderation to excess.
- Goodbyeworld, on 04/29/2008, -0/+1OGC
I guess I really don't understand the concept of "moderation"
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