Gross impermanence happens on a larger scale: Matter decays, people die, empires rise and fall, societal norms change and evolve. This is the kind of impermanence we see all around us. Like clouds, things arise, endure for a while, and then pass. Subtle impermanence, meanwhile, is smaller-scale, moment-to-moment change. At this very instant, you are physically undergoing change as the cells in your body die and regenerate. You are not the same exact person from moment to moment. Instead of seeing ourselves as fixed, semipermanent entities, we can start to see ourselves as we truly
