How is there existence

Just as the laws of nature determine which organisms can exist, those same laws also delimit the very possibility of existence itself. If existence is genuinely possible under these laws, then that possibility is not merely abstract but tends toward realization. In this sense, something comes into existence because the conditions for its existence are inherently permitted by the structure of reality. The cause of existence, therefore, may be understood as rooted in the very possibility of existence itself—where possibility is not passive, but generative

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Northwest · M

Let's see if this can be translated into Englith:

Natural Limits: Just like gravity dictates what can fly, nature's rules dictate what can exist.

Making it Real: If something can exist, it usually will. Nature is not empty or lazy. It tends to bring real things out of ideas.

The Reason to Be: Things exist because the universe allows them to be made.

Creating Power: The ability to exist is the very reason things are created. "Possibility" acts as a driving force.

Think of it like a seed: The laws of nature allow the seed to grow into a plant. The plant exists because the world’s conditions permit it.

Ummm, OK.

GerOttman · 70-79, M

It's really a matter of perspective. Seem from my internal vantage, all existence is dependant on my ability to perceive you. When my existence ceases, so do you. Viewed from the external perspective, my existance is entirely ephemeral. The universe neither knows nor cares except in the most fleeting instant of space time I occupy.

This is actually one of my favorite meditations.

PhoenixPhail · M

@GerOttman I think the universe contains all that can be known outside of the space/time we occupy. Our ephemeral existence within space/time, filters out all but what is necessary for our Earthly experience, which is no more than a dream, and is but a very small fraction of who we truly are, which is the universe.

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