The Way of Being

Anil Mitra

The Way of Being

The void is the absence of being.
There are no beings in the void.
Its existence and nonexistence are equivalent.
Therefore the void exists.

A law of nature is immanent in the world.
Laws of nature have being.
There are no laws in the void.

All possible beings emerge from the void, for the
contrary would be a law of the void.
So the void and the universe are limitless;
which is consistent with experience and reason.

All beings are limitless, for the
contrary would be a limit on the universe.

The universe has identity, which is limitless
and phases in and out of manifestation.
The variety, duration, extension, peak and
dissolution of being for the universe are limitless.

The limits of our world, of birth and death,
are real but not absolute.
All beings merge as one in the peaks.

Pleasure and pain are unavoidable.
Perfection is being on the way to the ultimate.

There are intelligent, effective, enjoyable,
and shared paths to the ultimate,
in and from our world.