Being
German: Sein
Common meaning:
Existence, presence, the state of being
Clear meaning:
The quiet ground of all appearance—not state, not identity, but the undivided field before anything becomes form.
Being is not the opposite of non-being—
it is before both.
Structurally, being is not what you do,
not what you have,
but what remains
when nothing needs to be done.
It cannot be grasped,
because it is the source
from which grasping arises.
Being is not what you are—
it is
what makes anything possible.
