Middle Path to Nibbana

SWAMI DHYAN VISMAY





Earlier, days and nights were a mystery; the roar of the wind, cloud and the rains were a mystery; birth-death, fire, trees, flowers and fruit were a mystery . This led to uncertainties, pleasure and misery in our lives. It triggered our intelligence and we became truth-seekers.The individual's existence is a combination of the unconscious or Dhamma, and conscious-self or ego, a mix of observer and doer. Normally , the observer keeps a watch over the doer. As we grow, the conscious-self looks for the entities that generate pleasurable sensations and strives at enhancing this. The expansion of knowledge is centred around this `looking for' and `striving for' habits that have become complex activities.
Developments in the form of various institutions, their laws and interrelationships contribute to ego. The persistent endeavour of truth-finders has been to crack many mysteries. But one mystery still remains: God. Symbolically speaking, God is but a manifestation of fear of human ego for not being able to uncover the causes of mysteries around.
“Dhammam Sharnam Gach chhami,“ said the Buddha, pointing towards the conscious-self as the sole contributor of our life's achievements or otherwise. Meditation helps the observer-self remain separate from the doer-self, always aware of the supreme joyous state of mind-body . In this permanent state of alertness, you are never in extreme pain or extreme pleasure. The Middle Path is about balance that makes Dhamma flow peacefully .