Three Stories
About the middle way
Three stories: Story 1. You are a real person passing through time. You change as time passes. The you that existed a moment ago is different from the you that exists right now. Samsara has decided that those two different you’s are actually the same you, the permanent inherent you. This is delusion and ignorance. Story 2. In the present moment, awareness happens. But things are changing so fast it’s difficult to put your finger on a permanent inherent you. There is only an endless river of change. This is nihilism. Story 3. You are a real existing person passing through time (ignorance), AND you clearly understand that Samsara is making all this crazy self and world sh*t up (nihilism). BOTH AT THE SAME TIME. How is this possible? In the moment that Samsara gives birth to the universe (this happens repeatedly, all the time, take a look!) the ignoramus and the nihilist hug and cuddle up together. This is the middle way. You get to exist. When in the course of your existence, you realize that you are a lie, a delusion, and a joke, at that moment Nirvana arises. But who wants to be a joke? I do, thank G-d.