Tossing of a Coin (Vēdanā — Awareness Meditation)

बुद्धं शरणं गच्छामि | Buddham Sharanam Gachchami - meaning: i) One is on the continuous journey initiated with, and gradually persevered by, one's own will (गच्छामि); ii) Towards the gem of the purest being within myself (बुद्धं) which is the essence of Buddha consciousness (note: not Gautama, or even Gautama the Buddha); iii) With complete submission, as my refuge (शरणं); 

As one progresses on the internal journey of the self and psyche with बुद्धं शरणं गच्छामि, the duality of an internal nature of the self is most likely to be the first realization for a new practitioner of Awareness Meditation.

The treachery (प्रपंच) of the five senses, in conjunction with the mind as the sixth, enclosed within the three-and-a-half hand-fold of mind-body (नामरुप) thrives on the delusional proponents of ignorance (अविद्या), keeping the man rooted amongst the struggles of the world (संसार).

At the very gross level, the mind (स्थूल मन), as it were, "commands" through its rational faculties such that the body is pampered, and remain in it's comfort zone; and in return the mind uses the body as a transport to go places and make the body do things that "pleases" it's desires.

Indo-Greek King Menander I (165-155 BCE),
also known as Milinda in Sanskrit/Pali. He is
 revered for his canonical dialogues with the
buddhist brahmin monk Nagasena, recorded
as "Milinda-panha". Arguably, Menander I
 was the first western nobility to have
adopted Buddhism. 

The practitioner, having come in touch with the subtle mind (शूक्ष्म मन), also realizes that such treachery without continues her 'within' as well. As every vēdanā (वेदना, i.e. pleasant as well as unpleasant sensations) originated by the senses, and interpreted by samskar (संस्कार) is like tossing up a coin. The result would be either of the two sides of the coin - pleasant or unpleasant.

And just as the want for winning the toss, one craves for those pleasant sensations, rejecting the unpleasant, wanting the coin to fall on the preferred side all the time -- praying, or perhaps, craving.

Or better still, she would be driven to work relentlessly on the coin per say, to convert it into having the same engravings on both the sides, getting her preferred sensation now and forever. She probably will not realize that it would be a flawed coin, bearing no currency and merit, against nature, and something that the processes of the real world would keep rejecting. Thus, suffering (दुख:) continues.

As the hollywood movie Batman And the Dark Knight illustrates, finally, the hero of the beginning with the same-sided coin, ends up being a con in the end.