The ultimate pursuit of the human spirit is the search for truth. We spend lifetimes building identities, seeking meaning, and resisting the flow of life. But one day, the search ends. One day, you will awaken to the truth. In that sacred instant, your temporal momentum and your inner resistance will vanish. The “dreamer”—the ego you’ve spent so long protecting—disappears forever into the universal rhythm.
From the Wave to the Ocean
When the ego dissolves, you are no longer a separate, isolated unit struggling against the tide. You become the great ocean. In this state of unity, “you” as a basic center of consciousness no longer exist. There is no longer a “me” and a “them,” or an “inside” and an “outside.” You have merged with the Whole. To know that you are the ocean is to enter the realm of the Awakened—the world of the Buddhas.
The End of the Dream: Abandoning the Self
The waking state is the definitive end of dreaming. Most people spend their lives dreaming while awake, lost in the stories of their minds. To truly awaken, you must abandon yourself forever. When you wake up, life continues to happen as it always has. The sun rises, the seasons change, and the body moves. But there is a profound difference: You have realized that nothing is actually “happening” in the universe. Your inner center has become empty, and in that emptiness, you realize the universe itself is empty.
Nibbana: The Realization of Non-Existence
What is the proof of reaching Nibbana while still alive? It is not found in supernatural powers or endless ecstasy. The only proof of Nibbana is the realization that you were never here.
The “self” was a temporary shadow, a ghost in the machine. When the light of truth shines, the shadow vanishes, and you realize it was never a solid thing to begin with.
The Divine Illusion
This realization brings us to the core of the ancient wisdom: Samsara—the cycle of suffering—is not truly existent. It is a vivid illusion experienced within a dream state.
- The Path is an illusion: It was a ladder you used to climb, only to realize there was nowhere to go.
- The Teacher is an illusion: A finger pointing at a moon that you already were.
- You are an illusion: The final realization of the seeker.
The Only Thing That Remains
When the dream ends, when the dreamer vanishes, and when the illusions are recognized for what they are, what is left?
In the end, only awareness remains. There is no “one” who is aware; there is only the pure, stainless evidence of Awareness itself. You are not the person experiencing the universe; you are the Awareness in which the entire universe arises and falls.