What is Existence

Close your eyes and try to imagine a situation where there is no time and there is no space and
there is nothing, in fact a situation where there is no situation!
You cannot do that! Normally when we want to think about a timeless situation we think about a
time still situation and when we want to think about a space less situation we think about darkness!
We have every right not being able to imagine non-existence because we are so used to existence.
However to try to bring this closer to mind, think about something that you for sure know does not
exist in reality, for instance a horse that flies! This brings the concept of non-existence closer to
mind.

Now the point I am trying to make is that the overwhelming sighting of existence around us,
should not stop us questioning where this existence is coming from. We should not take
‘existence’ for granted. We should not forget that just like ‘a flying horse’ every other thing could
have also been non-existed.

When we look at things around us we see how they are all one way or another limited. How a
limited being can bring itself into existence independently? This naturally brings up the question
that where these limited things have come from. What is their source?
There is only one condition that stops us from asking this question about a being, and that is when
we consider that a being is absolutely limitless and therefore fully independent. Only then the
question of ‘where is this coming from’ and ‘what is its source’ will be irrelevant.
You know where I am going with this don’t you? I am trying to bring to your mind the fact that for
us, limited beings, there should be a source of creation. However if we define a being to be
limitless, then no source of creation for that being is required.