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Page 1 of 11909 · PDF PAGE 9
THE SOLDIER AND THE HUNCHBACK What is Existence? The question is so fundamental that it finds no answer. The most profound meditation only leads to an exasperating sense of impotence. There is, it seems, no simple rational idea in the mind which corresponds to the word. It is easy of course to drown the question in definitions, leading us to further complexity—but “ Existence is the gift of Divine Providence,” “ Existence is the opposite of Non-Existence,” do not help us much ! The plain Existence is Existence of the Hebrews goes farther. It is…
1909 · PDF PAGE 7
…s statement, we may still cavil at its form. We cannot translate it into English without the use of the verb to be, so, that, after all, existence is implied. Nor do we readily conceive that contemptuous silence is sufficient answer to the further query, “ By whom is 115
1909 · PDF PAGE 16
…ich I call Samadhi; and that state is as real— in relation to man—as sleep, or intoxication, or death. Philosophically, we may doubt the existence of all of these ; but we have no grounds for discriminating between them— 124
1909 · PDF PAGE 8
…y flawed. Cogitatur depends on £s¢ ; and there’s no avoiding it. Til Shall we get on any better if we investigate this Ast— Something is—Existence is—nmx vw rae ? 116