How does one prove the existence of ‘being’?

 One of the reasons I keep writing is because we have to keep looking at truth from all angles, and maybe a phrase will truly hit home. There could be an crazy absurd moment where everything looks upside down, and we don’t know where we are…and there we are! This is not one of them!

Our usual answer to ‘being’ is, “I know I am,” or “I think, therefore I am.” But this is maybe just an expression of being: it is not ‘being’ itself.

There are teachings in Buddhism called Madhyamika, which negate everything: when nothing is left, even that nothing is negated. This teaching really blows your mind, which is great if you want to become a lawyer, or a scholar. In ancient teachings there is a saying, “Not this. Not this (to all appearances). Thou Art That.” And, then one says, “Not this. Not this”to that also.

We still need proof. How does one prove to a conceptual thinking mind that it does not exist? One cannot outsmart a concept with a concept.

So where are we?

Our mind wants to express itself in words, and that’s ok – this is still workable, and that is what we have to use. But do you notice that we say, “My mind”? We have a subject and an object! We keep falling into the same old trap. We keep failing to notice that there is that which is aware of the mind!

In the practice of sitting still, and observing, we become aware of the awareness itself. The moment we think about it, we are back in the mind again. Practice is needed in order to keep letting go, and to allow awareness…to be. Just say, “Thinking.” When there is mere awareness, it becomes pure awareness, empty of any contamination…that is ‘being’.

Inner ‘being’ knows all this but gets fixated on the thinking mind, which creates an inner conflict. This inner conflict is part of the process. All we need to do is expand our inner awareness to encompass all.

We divide ourselves.

Being divided, we suffer.

As sentient beings, we can work in space.

This space is our true reality.

Crazy!

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