For millennia, great thinkers have considered balance and moderation the keys to an ideal life-going all the way back to Aristotle's golden mean. But when it comes to concepts such as "sensible" and "balanced," which are weighted with such a personal set of values, is there any objective standard the human mind can use to pinpoint the intended meaning within?

As it turns out, while language can sometimes be our biggest advantage as human beings, it can also be our greatest roadblock to true understanding. Language perpetuates the mind-body myth. It distorts and skews reality based on...