What is existence?
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Existence is defined as that which can be known through our senses and interpreted by our minds. Whether something exists depends on if it is known by an individual's mind. For example, a ball exists for one person who sees it but not another who does not see it. Phenomena are perceived differently by different observers based on their perspective and consciousness. What exists continues to expand as civilization and technology advance our ability to detect more through expanding our mind frequencies and consciousness. Ultimate reality exists beyond concepts and labels, in a state of completeness without definitions of good and bad.
What is existence?
- 1. What is Existence? We do know things and happenings exist because it can be known and felt by our senses. And our minds interpret event or happening as a condition that one has to go through, to persevere with, to soldier on with, to carry on with or to undertake with, inevitably. Since things and happenings have existed long before we have a slightest opportunity to recognise and understand it well, we are bound to suffer ignorantly. Therefore, what exists is defined as that which can be known. If it cannot be known by the mind, then it does not exist. And conventionally, things can exist as in fallacy or in reality. In the cosmos, there is no arising of single or universal mind. When there are 10 individuals, there would be 10 unique minds respectively. Supposedly, in a room, there are two individuals i.e. Individual A (Mind A) and Individual B (Mind B). Let's say, Individual A is holding a ball and it's hidden from Individual B. In this case, the ball does exist in the room as it is already known to Individual A (Mind A). However, the ball does not exist in the room if you were to ask Individual B (Mind B). In other words, whether the ball does exist or vice versa, the end result is dependent on whether it is known to the respective minds of individual or otherwise. Just like both the duck and the cow are created realities. Precisely, this kind of reality is also known as conventional reality i.e. a subjective cum relative reality. This means the truth orientation is dependent on the observer (i.e. the subject’s mind) to provide the description, definition, recognition, valuation, etc. on the other side of the object or matter. And the truth conclusion varies among different observers or minds. The phenomena that arise are very much related to the consciousness that perceives them. For instance, if you were to show an I-phone to a caveman, he would describe it as merely a useless hard object. And if you were to show it to let’s say, an ant, it becomes a gigantic heavy object. Likewise, you can be named as a human, a son, a father, a preacher, a student, a Caucasian, an American, a thin man, an old man, a buyer, a supplier, a stranger, etc. concurrently. At the end of the day, the observer (be it your own self or another third party) would provide the definition or recognition based on their respective perception on the same referred object or matter. Phenomenon exists as this or that is dependent on the observers. It is just like describing the same elephant by different blind men – one blind man may say an elephant looks like a tree trunk; another blind man would say an elephant looks like a snake.
- 2. In fact, humans could expand their consciousnesses by increasing the innate mind frequency span via deep meditation respectively. Also, with the progress of civilisation, the human mind frequency span would be altered progressively as well. For example, it is unknown to mankind the existence of cosmic rays previously. With the advancement of science and technology, humans have begun detecting and realising its existence in the cosmos. In other words, what exists is defined as that which can be known. If it cannot be known by the mind, then it does not exist. Therefore, previously, those cosmic rays did not exist to mankind as it was not discerned by the human mind frequencies. Only in modern days, with the advent of advanced astronomy studies and experiments, did humans alter and expand their innate mind frequency span to a grander scale to enable the detection of things with higher vibrational frequencies. At the end of the day, an enlightened view would mean a wholesome view. The meaning of wholesome would be in totality of perspective and unwholesome would be in non-totality of perspective. And ultimate reality exists beyond mind and beyond concepts and words in the sense that it is beyond our usual ways of perceiving things. Language and conception only imply that things exist in distinct manners i.e. wise person, dumb person, saint, devil, etc. - in such well-defined and independent categories. Perceiving ultimate reality is seeing that things do not exist in these fantasised, impossible ways, in black and white categories. In other words, ultimate reality is such label-less, bound-less, stereotype-less, colour-less, beginning-less, end-less and for the ease of our expression, we could summarise it as the ‘deepest fact about things.’ An enlightened mind is able to discern the deepest fact about things in crystal clear and without hesitation after getting rid of the waves of dependent phenomena. A fully awakened state of mind does not require labeling, colouring, stereotyping, beginning, ending, etc. All subjects and objects are in completely neutralised state of affairs - when this arising, that arises; when this ceasing, that ceases.