Self-evident

Self-evident

“I follow your reasoning on the nature of omnipresence, that if there is an entity so attributed, then that entity is necessarily in everything and actually IS everything— but how do we prove the necessary existence of such an omnipresent entity?” Originally, thoroughly acquainted with the relative, we go in search of the Absolute—only to discover that both are merely nominal aspects of the same indivisible actuality. So, even speaking of the “relative” and the “Absolute” are merely devices employed to get an illustrative grip on the one unbroken actuality. But, then, we come to notice that even this nameless totality is beyond the pale of such limitations as “existent” or “nonexistent.” That which the sage acknowledges to be without beginning or ending, and thus is formless, is nothing, or empty or Void. You may prove or disprove the existence of some thing. What the thoroughly enlightened have awakened to is a condition wherein qualitative questions are not applicable to no-thing.

This Spirit, which is without beginning, is unborn and indestructible. It is not green or yellow, and has neither form nor appearance. It does not belong to the categories of things which exist or do not exist. – Zen Master Huang Po