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Re: The spiritual value of extremes?
"For some reason, reading this thread reminded me of a chapter in Jessica Porter's The Hip Chick's guide to Macrobiotics. She had been dumped by her boyfriend, and just did not want to feel the pain over it anymore, so she went to a nearby McDonalds, ordered a Filet O Fish, Coke and Fries."
Hi Gary,
The procedure above is well known in macrobiotic circles as, "balancing at the extremes".
The angst of being dumped, is balanced by the numbing (or well-being) of a meal, balanced at the extremes, at McDonald's. Fast food meals are so sedating, because the fast food makers have found a way to balance their "Combo Meals" at the extremes. They ARE balanced in the world of y/y, just at the extremes, which is not good for health. Usually, the yang of a huge caloric chunk of meat and cheese, is balanced with lesser servings of yin nightshade acidic fries, fried in yin oil, and a syrupy yin sweet coke (that can also eat through metal).
Thus the feelings are translated to reality, and the broken heart eventually causes a heart attack in the physical world!
Nancy
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