We’ve heard it before; but it is really true. When you can see things as they actually are, you see that they really are different from a moment ago, whether it is on a molecular level or a macro level. And this is neither good nor bad, only the way it is! Your life becomes more livable, more enjoyable. You become free from suffering as you ‘go-with-the-flow’, and live life as it comes. That’s not to say that we can’t or shouldn’t make wise choices. In fact, living a good life brings with it both the opportunity and responsibility to live well; right living. And, this is the true way to liberation; freedom from suffering. This is anicca.
I like the Buddhist concept of no-self; anatta. Self is a western concept formed as a result of identification. It is not a bad thing; in fact, it is a functional necessity, but it is an illusion. This insight also makes us free.
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