The Third Reality :
Realization of the end of suffering
Antecedental Concurrence
If suffering began unconsciously, it can end only by becoming conscious of the process of cognition and affection. That is by becoming conscious of the Antecedental Concurrence (paṭicca samuppāda). The process of cognition and affection creates the “world” and the “self.” This “world” and the “self” are unstable. What is unstable is insecure. What is insecure is not as I want. What is not as I want is not under my power. What is not under my power is not mine. What is not mine cannot be me. What cannot be me cannot be my self. “What is not mine, is not me, not my self” (netam mama, neso'hamasmi, neso me attāti). What is not mine should be discarded.
This realization brings about the paradigm shift from existence to experience, which results in dispassion. Dispassion results in emancipation or freedom from suffering (vimutti). This results in the imperturbable serenity of mind (Nibbāna).