Meditation, we know, is a path of moderation, a middle path. It is very difficult to stay on the narrow path of meditation. It is much easier, and there’s a constant tendency, to drift off the path either toward self-rejection and self-denial on the one hand, or toward a very loose and lax self-indulgence on the other. We see this very clearly expressed today in the spiritual movements of our time. Some movements suggest total self-indulgence: anything goes, do what you like, if it feels good, do it. On the other hand, particularly in fundamentalism and some of the cults, there is tremendous rigidity, tremendous fear of pleasure, fear of harmony, and tremendous selfdenial.
( Aspects of Love 2 by Laurence Freeman OSB )
