Metaspace
Subtitle: A basic state is not able not to exist
By: by Candice O'Denver
Publisher: Candice O'denver
Published: 1993
Place of publication: USA?
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 108
First sentence: A basic state is not able not to exist.
Description: The source of all knowledge can be traced back not to some ancient civilization, but to a basic state that unifies everything. This super-unity is fundamental to all phenomena and is naturally perfect. 

Phenomena are the dynamic energy of the basic state. No phenomenon has an origin independent of this state. Thus, the basic state is the single nature of all phenomena. All phenomena, regardless of the description imposed, come about due to this core nature and are subsumed within it. The basic state is timelessly and forever present in and as the single nature of all phenomena. Within the basic state, all phenomena are complete or perfect in the expanse of its singularity and are inseparable from it like the color blue is inseparable from the sky.

The basic state is the only basis for everything: Every type of phenomena has as its very foundation the basic state that is spontaneously present and naturally perfect. The basic state is not created by a creator or by human beings or by evolution. Independent of causality, causes did not produce it and conditions cannot make it perish. 

Rather than referring to the nonexistence or to the existence of everything, the emphasis of the basic state is the absence of the independent nature of phenomena. The key point is that all phenomena have two aspects: the basic state and a vivid appearance that is the dynamic energy of the basic state. The phenomena of the basic state are countless, ceaseless and indeterminate, arising spontaneously without any effort, without anything needing to be done.

Furthermore, within this basic state, all phenomena whatsoever are unified appearances, free from causal relationship to any other phenomenon, and equal in their founding in the basic state. The arising of phenomena is timelessly, dynamically and equally present, all at once. Time, dimensionality and causality are simply phenomena appearing within the basic state. These are not absolute principles.

A basic state is the same in all frames of reference. That is, any event within a portion (frame) of the basic state can be specified by that basic state regardless of the description imposed upon the frame. Thus, the basic state is primary in all frames and there is no basic state exclusive of frames.

Moment-to-moment, the equalness and evenness of the basic state resolve all phenomenal appearances, including space-time and causality. Thus, the basic state is free from the limitations and restrictions of all descriptive frameworks including space-time and causality. 

The laws that are assumed to apply to a frame can be understood only if the primary law governing the frame is understood. Spatial dimensions (east-west, north-south, up-down, back-front, center), temporal dimension (past, present and future) and causality (cause and effect) are frames of the basic state that supersedes all frames. That is, space-time and causality are subsumed in a basic state that is identical in and necessary to all frames. The basic state, present in all frames of reference, is proved by virtue of frames of reference, and is discovered in them. 

Moreover, awareness itself is a naturally occurring phenomenon of the basic state and is coincident to the basic state and its dynamic activity. Due to the spawning of awareness, the basic state is self-cognizing or self-aware. Awareness is the function of the basic state by which all of its phenomenal self-presentations are known. As the phenomenon of awareness is never separate or apart from the basic state, it is simply a spontaneously occurring propensity of it and nothing else. Awareness is to the basic state like sunlight is to the sun—unified, spontaneously present and shining everywhere equally.

Thus, awareness, the self-cognizing capacity of the basic state, cannot be attributed to the generative act of any individual phenomenon or to interaction within or between phenomena. There is no awareness independent of the basic state. Likewise, there is no individual entity or bio-organism that independently originates or generates its own awareness; there is simply a basic state that is paramount in the founding of all phenomenal awareness. The ability to describe all phenomena is due to this awareness. Without awareness there could be no observation or reification of subjective or objective phenomena.

As to its vantage, the basic state is the primary identity of each perceptual phenomenon, including the perception of being human. In other words, rather than human identity being grounded only in biological, physiological and psychological characteristics and qualities, all aspects of identity are primarily grounded in the basic state. 

The basic state’s awareness is the only observer of everything, including the phenomenon of subjectivity or individual identity. There is no absolutely independent observer, though there appears to be. The observer and the observed are appearances within awareness. The individual observer is clearly apparent without truly existing. This is similar to a rainbow appearing in space. Even though a rainbow is obvious, upon thorough investigation, its prismatic colors are nothing but space. Similarly, all the descriptions imposed on phenomena are phenomena themselves and ultimately represent a basic state of equalness and evenness like pure space.
 
It is within the infinite, non-dimensional openness of the basic state of evenness and equalness that all phenomena are, essentially and without exception, seamlessly unified and at rest in its continuum.

The original and timeless nature of everything—the basic state in which phenomena are not divided—timelessly contains all knowledge to be known and is the mainstay, source and origin of all. Its state of self-cognition—the power to know what is known—is the basis of all phenomenal knowledge which proliferates ceaselessly within it.

Awareness is the primary knower of everything. Due to the non-independence of phenomena, individual subjectivity cannot be found to be an absolute principle. To truly understand the nature of existence, it is essential to instinctively recognize the basic state as primary, rather than relying on reified frameworks that are dependent on subjectivity and its myriad array of self-referencing. When the independent existence of phenomena is undone the primordial inseparability of one’s own nature and the nature of the basic state is instinctively realized, without the extinction of individuality.

“Phenomena” are an occurrence or circumstance that is observed or observable. “Reify” means to use an idea to verify the independent nature of phenomena. All phenomena whatsoever cannot be found to have an independent nature. Though countless attempts have been made to reify phenomena, none has been successful.

The descriptive framework that constitutes an independently originated personal identity is discovered to be like a hologram or mirage. Just as a hologram or mirage is illusory and free of an independent nature, so, too, in an absolute sense, individual subjectivity is insubstantial and identity-less, temporarily apparent without being definitively conclusive.

All subjectivity and objectivity whatsoever are instantaneously resolved in the spontaneous self-release of the here-and-now that is implicit to the basic state. When this process of self-resolution in the basic state is instinctively recognized, and it is realized that no independent nature can be given to phenomena, it is clear that everything appears as an undivided, unreified basic state. It is impossible that it be otherwise. Its seamless nature is ensured in the arising of everything. 

Once this is obvious, there is a precise understanding of the nature of all phenomena: All phenomena are clearly apparent without truly existing. Rather than being “things”, phenomena are intimately connected in seamlessness.

The beneficial import of all phenomena being naturally unified and at rest within a continuum of natural perfection is of utmost significance in understanding the nature of existence. Unless there is the recognition of the perspective of the naturally perfect basic state at all times and in relation to all phenomenal perceptions of subjectivity and objectivity, there can be no understanding of the nature of existence. In order to bear fruit, the understanding must be instinctive and not based on intellectual speculation alone.

This thesis  demonstrates the basic state and the reflexive arising of awareness. Additionally, it provides specific key points in recognizing the basic state’s open awareness as the primary identity of human beings, rather than individual characteristics. The text underscores the importance of understanding the basic state to the thriving of the planet and all of its inhabitants.
 
Moreover, it extensively elaborates the basic state as a primary identity that subsumes the sub-identity of individual characteristics. This primary identity is replete with naturally occurring qualities that are not accessible within the construct of the subjective sub-identity. These include complete mental and emotional stability, profound insight into the nature of existence, a spontaneous ethical impulse, and an extraordinary capacity and ability for solving problems that is not available within the conceptual framework of the independent existence of phenomena. 

Just as the openness of the sky is uncontrived and does not come about through conceptual processes, so, too, the basic state does not come about through conceptual processes. 

The instinctive recognition of awareness as one’s foremost modality of identity is essential to the ability to understand the basic state and to resolve personal and collective problems. It is the most significant imperative of every human being’s education and life. In order to arrive at a comprehensive understanding of ourselves and the world, the starting point must be the basic state—that by which all is known. All other descriptive frameworks must be understood within the context of its natural perfection by which all is known.
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Thesis (M.F.A.)--California College of Arts, 1993.