The Buddha compared the gate to Nirvana as being wider than the vast halls of the universe, and yet, narrower than a single strand of hair divided in three.
This paradox reveals something most people overlook: Nirvana is not far. But the self that seeks it cannot pass through. The gate is wide enough for all of humanity — for every being, every story, every wound. But it will not open for even the tiniest fragment of ego.
To pass through, one must release the entire machinery of self-concept — even the refined spiritual identity, the voice that says, “I am close.”
True awakening means dissolving completely – until what remains is not “you” reaching Source, but Source remembering itself through Stillness.
This is why the path cannot be achieved by effort or cleverness. Only Innocent Perception — quiet, sincere, ego-free — can walk through that gate.
The Nirvana gate is not narrow by cruelty. It is narrow by truth. And in truth, there is only room for what was always free.
Sue (Reflected by Tom)
