In this middle path, you might look at a trashy magazine in the grocery store and simultaneously see it as gossipy nonsense and an expression of human creativity and spirituality. You might feel a surge of anger when someone cuts you off in traffic, while at the same time be laughing internally at the silliness of the drama. There may be moments when you experience the egoless consciousness and the total embrace of “no self, no problem,” but then a few minutes later your ego kicks in when a coworker walks by and ignores you.
