The middle ground
"Look around you. You will see that people are vacillating between unbounded enthusiasm and complete anxiety. They go from one extreme to the other. They do not know how to find the middle ground.
From a position of fear, optimism looks wonderfully liberating, so you go there. 'Everything is going to be fine. Everything works out fine. We can deal with this. God is in charge. I can relax. It’s not as bad as I think. In fact, it is all wonderful.' And you live there for a while and you find out, 'Well, that does not really match my experience of reality at all,' and so you sink back into anxiety and apprehension.
You must find the middle ground. This is where clarity is achieved. This is where balance exists. It is not running from one set of emotions or expectations to another. It is finding the middle ground. This is following The Way of Knowledge, for Knowledge is not captivated by promises of hope and prosperity and happiness. And Knowledge is not captivated by the dark [draw] of fear or the attractions of anxiety."[1]
References
- ↑ Preparing for the Greater Community, Chapter 7: The Great Challenge Awaiting Humanity
See also