Existence And Being: The Definition Of Being And Existence

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Life is a basic human right that we have, so where does it begins, Through Existence or Through Being. Being is the state of existing, and having awareness of existence, so you need Being to realize the awareness of Existence. On the other hand, Existence has no meaning if it is not realized. Existence is conceptually different from Being. The Being and Existence process are unique, because there is a possibility to stop the Being process, and this is where the fetus comes in. Many people claim that human life begins at conception or when you become aware of the fact that you are pregnant. To really find out when life begins we should look at the scientific facts since Philosophy is the pursuit of wisdom. First the unborn take in nutrients, …show more content…

For example, when someone is pregnant with a child it doesn't matter if they know or not, it doesn't change the fact that they have a life in their uterus. So according to Adyashanti being is empty of content, images, and self references or in other words something without form, or a particular attribute, a fetus represent that. So someone with this mind set would believe that Existence has levels of awareness, ranging from totally unaware to aware, in other words the more aware a consciousness is, is the more knowledge it has for …show more content…

For example, what existence does the rock have outside of our Existence as we perceive the rock? Do we as perceivers exist in a way the rock doesn't. The rock seems to be inert and non-responsive. It does not seem to live. Where does life for this rock begins is a good question that I don't really have the answer to, but from my knowledge a rock doesn't have the mechanism to convey its knowledge of self. I think the only way we can figure out if a rock have consciousness is by Being a rock only; furthermore, a rock has a being, because it has a state of existence, and anything that has a Being must have a consciousness, by implicative definition.We Exist because we can procreate and respond under our own power. We also say we have Being, because we are conscious and reflexively self conscious of our existence and our life. So what Being do we have apart from our consciousness, is the rock's Being different from it's existence. The Universe is another tough concept like, what was it created from, but humans have decreed that you can't make something out of nothing. So how did we go from nothingness to the entire Universe without a Being. Many people might claim it was the Big Bang Theory, others that are religious might say the answer to

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