Doctrine of the Mean
How do we maintain an unwavering inner center without leaning toward extremes?
📝ONGO's Reflection
We often misread the Doctrine of the Mean as a gray zone of moderate compromise, but what this book speaks of is the opposite. To me, the Mean came rather as a fierce and solid centering of the inner self, unshaken by any storm from without. Its teaching is wondrous: to hold to the state of equilibrium where joy and anger have not yet arisen, and to the state of harmony in which, when they do show outwardly, they keep within measure. In an age overflowing with extreme hatred and provocation, this classic places in our hands the compass of a lost composure.
"If another man succeed by one effort, he will use a hundred efforts. If another man succeed by ten efforts, he will use a thousand."Zisi, Doctrine of the Mean
"남이 한 번에 능해지면 나는 백 번을 하고, 남이 열 번에 능해지면 나는 천 번을 한다."
🌱Apply It Today
When emotions surge or thoughts swing to extremes, don't react on impulse; pause, breathe, and quietly observe which way the center of your heart has tilted.
