Tag: Necessary Appearing
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The Unfolding of Truth – 6: Buddhism – Emptiness, Interdependence, and the Question of Appearance
Of all the great spiritual traditions, Buddhism stands as perhaps the most radical in its deconstruction of substance, self, and separateness. Where Western and Islamic metaphysics sought to secure a necessary foundation, Buddhism uncovered the groundlessness of all things. But is this negation a form of nihilism, or does it open toward a different kind…
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The Final Non-Duality 6 – The Fulfillment of the Religious Quest: Eternal Structure and the Destiny of Thought
Beyond Paths, Beyond Goals — The Joy That Always Already Is Across the millennia, religion has been the most enduring expression of humanity’s longing for the infinite. Beneath its doctrines, rituals, and images, there pulses a single, unyielding question: What is the origin of all things, and what is our place within it? This question,…
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The Last Dualism 5 – Direct Cognition and the Necessity of Recognition
The End of the Search and the Fulfillment of Seeing There is a growing interest today in what many call direct experience, pure awareness, or non-conceptual knowing. People seek a state beyond language, beyond belief, beyond thought—something immediate and unmediated, where truth is no longer a theory but lived, seen, known. This yearning often carries…
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The Last Dualism 3 – Awakening Without Becoming
The Contradiction of Enlightenment in the Light of Eternal Being The modern non-dual discourse is saturated with the language of awakening. One is said to awaken from illusion, from ego, from time, from the false self. This awakening is often described as a shift, a transformation, a sudden recognition, or the end of seeking. For…
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Beyond Materialism & Idealism 3: The Unveiling of the Necessary
After exposing the contradictions of materialism and idealism, we arrive at a crucial crossroads. Both worldviews, despite their opposing stances, share a fundamental flaw: they are rooted in the concept of becoming—the notion that reality either comes into being or evolves through mental processes. The only consistent and coherent alternative is the recognition of being…
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Identity 2: The Fragmentation of the Individual – Forces Dividing the Self in Contemporary Society
In the previous article, we uncovered identity as necessary (unchangeable and eternally true—it simply is) and eternal, hidden by misconceptions tied to time, nihilism, and cultural emphasis on becoming. Now, we turn to the fragmentation of the individual—how and why our true identity is obscured and divided in today’s world. Modern society, with its rapid…
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Encounters with the Dead: A Perspective from the Structure of Being
Introduction: The Rising Accounts of Contact with the Deceased In recent years, reports of encounters with the dead have proliferated. Whether through mediumship, near-death experiences (NDEs), apparitions, premonitions, or personal intuitions, individuals claim to perceive or communicate with those who have passed. Traditional interpretations often frame these encounters within religious, spiritualist, or psychological paradigms. However,…
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Suffering & Joy 3: The Paradox of Suffering and Relief
Suffering, like all experiences, is an eternal appearing within Being. It is not an accident to be eliminated but a necessary expression of the structure of reality. Yet, within this structure, the alleviation of suffering also appears to be effective—one takes a painkiller, and the pain subsides. One develops technology, and previously unbearable conditions become…
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Suffering & Joy 2: The Tragic Pursuit of a World Without Suffering
Humanity has always sought to escape suffering. From personal struggles to grand ideological movements, the drive to eliminate pain, contradiction, and hardship has shaped history. Yet these efforts, particularly when undertaken on a grand scale, have not only failed but often resulted in greater suffering. Why? Because suffering is not a flaw in existence but…
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Suffering & Joy 1: The Necessary Contrast, and the Unfolding of Being
Suffering and joy are often seen as opposites—as if the presence of one negates the other. In everyday life, people strive to minimize suffering and maximize joy, assuming that joy is a world free from pain. Yet, when examined more deeply, this division reveals itself as an illusion. Suffering and joy are not separate forces…
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The Necessity of Contradiction: Understanding Suffering Through the Structure of Being
Introduction: The Question That Remains The series From Contradiction to Joy explored how the recognition of Being dissolves the illusion of suffering and reveals the necessity of joy and glory. Yet, one question still lingers: Why contradiction to begin with? Why does suffering, evil, war, and injustice appear in the unfolding of reality? This question…
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From Contradiction to Joy – Article 4: Glory and the Fullness of Being
The resolution of contraddizione C is not merely the elimination of error or the overcoming of a mistaken worldview. It is the inevitable unveiling of the fullness of Being—an appearing that cannot be reduced to intellectual recognition alone but necessarily manifests as what Severino calls glory. But what is glory in this context, and why…
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From Contradiction to Joy – Article 3: The Joy of the Necessary: Overcoming the Tragic View
Introduction The history of human thought has been deeply marked by the tragic view of existence—the belief that suffering, loss, and conflict are inherent and inescapable aspects of reality. From Greek tragedy to existential philosophy, the idea that life is bound to struggle and ultimate dissolution has shaped much of our understanding of human fate.…
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From Contradiction to Joy – Article 2: The Infinite Resolution: The Unfolding of Necessity
Introduction If contraddizione C necessarily resolves, does this mean the resolution is a finite event—a final moment in which contradiction is overcome? Or is it something that unfolds without end? The key to understanding this lies in the nature of Being itself. The resolution of contraddizione C is not an event in time but the…
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The Unveiling of Being – Article 9: The Final Convergence: The Inevitable Recognition of Being
Throughout this series, we have traced the many ways in which the eternal structure of Being reveals itself across various domains—philosophy, mathematics, physics, consciousness, ethics, theology, and identity. Each attempt to ground reality in contingency, becoming, or nihilism has ultimately collapsed under its own contradictions. The fragmentation of contemporary thought, rather than signaling the triumph…
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Near Death Experiences 6:The Role of Fear, Euphoria, and Subjective States
Near-Death Experiences (NDEs) are often categorized based on emotional tone—most describe feelings of overwhelming peace and euphoria, while some recount fear, distress, or even nightmarish visions. This has led many to interpret NDEs in moral or religious terms, as either a foretaste of reward and punishment or as a reflection of the individual’s psychological state.…
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Post 45 – The Finite and the Infinite: The Eternal Structure of Being and the Necessity of Differentiation
The relationship between the finite and the infinite has long been a source of metaphysical tension, with the finite often seen as contingent, ephemeral, or lesser in contrast to a transcendent infinite. Similarly, the debate between monism and pluralism—whether reality is fundamentally unified or consists of a multiplicity of distinct entities—has shaped much of philosophical…
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Understanding the Structure of Being – 8
Religion and the Eternal: Creation, God, and Necessity Religion has long been the primary means through which humanity seeks to understand ultimate reality. It provides narratives that shape meaning, morality, and our place in the cosmos. Yet, within religious thought, there is a fundamental tension: the assumption that God or the divine is eternal and…
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Understanding the Structure of Being – 5
Free Will and the Necessity of Choice Few concepts feel as fundamental to human experience as free will. We live with the conviction that we are active agents, capable of making choices, shaping our lives, and determining our future. And yet, if everything that is must necessarily be—if reality unfolds as an eternal, immutable structure—where…
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Understanding the Structure of Being – 4
The Fear of Nihilism: Is an Eternal Reality Meaningless? One of the most common reactions to the idea of an eternal, unchanging reality is the fear of nihilism—the belief that if everything is necessary and immutable, then life, existence, and even our individual actions might lack meaning. How can a world without change or progress…
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Understanding the Structure of Being – 3
Causality and the Persistence of the Chain of Events In everyday experience, causality—the relationship between causes and their effects—feels like an undeniable truth. We assume that every event has a cause, and every action, a corresponding effect. The idea that one event follows another is so deeply ingrained in our understanding of the world that…
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Understanding the Structure of Being – 2
Science, Common Sense, and the Illusion of Time Time is one of the most unquestioned aspects of human experience. We measure it, plan by it, and recall the past while anticipating the future. Science, common sense, and everyday perception all seem to confirm that time is real—an objective framework within which all things move, change,…
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Necessity – A Necessary Clarification
The words necessity, necessary, and necessarily appear frequently in the posts on this site, primarily in reference to the Structure of Being, rather than in their common everyday usage. Typically, necessity is understood as something required by circumstances, causes, or logical conditions—something that must happen due to external constraints. This interpretation remains bound to the…
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