Part 28 - The Seamless Circle: Arising and Cessation as One Vision
“He sees the arising of the world
and the passing away of the world.”
— SN 12.15
Two directions, one realization
Most paths only explain:
- how existence arises
or - how existence ends
The Buddha revealed both:
- arising = causes operating
- cessation = causes removed
These are not separate truths —
they are two aspects of the same principle:
“This arises when that arises.
This ceases when that ceases.”
Complete understanding
sees both fearlessly.
Arising without self
When arising is understood:
- it is seen as impersonal
- “me” does not create it
- “me” does not control it
Events appear
without becoming identity.
Cessation without annihilation
When cessation is understood:
- it is seen as release
- not loss
- not destruction
What ends is only:
- delusion
- tension
- suffering
Nothing real disappears —
delusion simply no longer fabricates.
How the two insights support each other
Seeing arising reveals:
- the illusion of self being built
Seeing ceasing reveals:
- the illusion of self being unnecessary
Together, they show:
- suffering is optional
- freedom is dependable
There is no mystery —
only mechanics becoming obvious.
The experiential shift
The world becomes:
- fluid instead of fixed
- spacious instead of pressured
- clear instead of personal
Events pass through awareness
like weather through the sky.
No walls.
No center.
No problem.
Culmination Link for Part 28
Arising shows:
no self is constructed
Cessation shows:
no self is required
Together:
The chain has no origin and no destination
because the “self” was never in it.
This is the seamless vision:
- arising does not create a being
- cessation does not destroy a being
There was only conditionality
all along.
And conditionality is free.