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Feb 2022
13m 48s

Finding the Middle Path in Thailand

Todd Perelmuter
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Send me a message Buddha often speaks of the middle path. You can think of it as the Goldilocks path — not too hot, not too cold. But this doesn't just apply to food. It applies to our spiritual path as well. We don't want to be too lazy and get no results, but we also don't want to be too rigid so that we either burn out or we become too extreme about it th ... Show More
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