What if instead of seeing triangles that are not actually there, you see problems, conflict, insecurities, doubts, worries, fears, and anxieties? In other words, what if, just as the mind manufactured triangles in the example above, it manufactures suffering in your life? Or, if you would like to return to the analogy that began this book with the

Their presence was replaced by the mind’s label, dividing the experience into duality: me and the birds. Similarly, the essence of the black snake was lost through interpretation.

However, when you, as the higher Self, take charge—recognizing the intellect as a tool rather than your true essence—you can guide it with clarity and purpose.

Mind Transcendence is not about achieving a future state of enlightenment; it is about realizing that the liberation you seek is already within you.

As Ram Dass so beautifully reminds us, ‘Let the judgments and opinions of the mind be the judgments and opinions of the mind, and you exist beyond that.’

the Buddha’s teachings on the Middle Way, which advocate transcending extremes to find balance and liberation in the unconditioned center.

he introduced the Middle Way, a balanced approach that avoided the extremes of self-indulgence and self-mortification.

In the Western world, we experience personal suffering—a more subtle but equally powerful form of distress that hides behind privilege and comfort. Despite living in climate-controlled homes, having access to modern conveniences, and never facing true material scarcity, many of us are plagued by an insidious discontent. Social media traps us in cyc

the interconnectedness of all beings and the existence of a shared, infinite source of knowledge that transcends individual experience.