1) The document discusses the concept of 'nothing' and argues that nothing does not truly exist. Instead, everything exists dependently and conditionally without any permanent essence. 2) It states that energy has always existed and is the driving force behind all change and activity in the universe. Energy exists as vibration that generates the cycles of rising and falling phenomena. 3) The document concludes that without consciousness or mind, no duality or multiplicity would exist. In a state without mind, all things would be in a completely neutralized state of no-thingness without qualities, names, or attributes.

1. Does ‘nothing’ exist?
If we were to split up the word ‘nothing’, it would turn up as ‘no thing’. Literally,
no thing means no becoming or no changing and it is not the same as nothingness.
Instead, no-thing-ness is the same as emptiness. One needs to realise that
everything in the cosmos is dependent on one another. All things merely exist
conditionally without an eternal essence i.e. all things can never sustain in an
absolute discrete orientation. For instance, from direct experience, we know that
humans and things cause pleasure and pain, and that they can help and harm.
Therefore, phenomena certainly do exist but the question is how? They do not
exist in their own quality but only have an existence dependent upon many factors,
including a consciousness that conceptualises them. This means everything that
exists is empty because there is no essence to anything and nothing has ever
existed in its own quality – nothing is permanent and unchanging. All objects exist
conditionally without an eternal essence i.e. every existence is empty and
emptiness is in every existence.
In the dependent nature, we do know one thing that is consistently constant i.e.
becoming. This becoming process is the main reason for all the things that we
observe right here, right now. When there is a becoming process, there is a
changing process. The changing process would then conjure up an ability of sorts
that is known as ‘energy.’ Therefore, we shall be clear by now that energy is
something that has always been in existence and remaining as a constant - as per
the Law of Conservation of Energy that says energy in a system can neither be
created nor destroyed and the sum of all energies is a constant or never changes.
For general understanding, energy is nothing but mere vibration. When there are
opposing forces, there would be vibration. The alternate movement of the
opposing forces would generate a continuum of wavy pattern oscillating up and
down. This is the main reason for all the repeating cycle of rising and falling
activities that one could witness in the dependent nature. In other words, by
understanding well and observing thoroughly into the characteristics of energy, one
could gain insight into the nature and its orientation.
Literally, there are no elements of grasping when one practises the letting go of
things. When no grasping arises, the becoming process would slow down. When
the becoming process slows down, it means energy is vibrating at lower
frequencies. And when the becoming process ceases, energy literally stops
vibrating. Energy just got ‘frozen.’ Zero vibration means zero becoming. Zero
becoming means an absolute cessation of any changing activities. Thus an
absolute stage of absence is achieved. Absence means a perfect state of balance.

2. Therefore, absence is not about nothingness but instead it is about no-thing-ness.
No thing means no becoming or no changing. No changing means no mind. No
mind means no existence. And mind is the forerunner of all states. No mind
means a completely neutralised state of affairs.
For general understanding, mind is a pattern of consciousness which is born from
awareness. In fact, mind is known as consciousness in individuality and
consciousness is nothing but mere synergy. Therefore, the origin of individuality is
the same as the origin of the mind. Mind is something more objective and involves
clear discrimination – differentiates and understands the characteristics of objects.
And one utilises mind to understand things because mind understands the
manipulation of consciousness.
Now, we need to look at the definition of existence. What exists is defined as that
which can be known. If it cannot be known by the mind, then it does not exist.
And conventionally, things can exist as in fallacy or in reality. But in the ultimate
reality, things do not exist in the ways that concepts and language imply they do.
Things would only exist as in deepest facts i.e. it is beyond mind and beyond
concepts and words in the sense that it is beyond our usual ways of perceiving
things.
So, how does something arise from nothing? Frankly speaking, something that
arises as in object is not out of nothing. In the material Universe, there are plenty
of existences or activities that cannot be discerned by our naked eyes. When we
mention that the elements of emptiness and energy are everywhere in a system of
dependent nature, it means that both of these qualities have fully occupied such a
system. Therefore, we could conclude that something as in object would arise out
of the elements of energy that exist in a system. This is because energy and
matter are simply two aspects of the same thing, both reflected in different forms
per se (as in Einstein’s formula, E = mc2
). And since we are unable to discern the
elements of energy with our naked eyes, we would name it as empty instead of
nothing.
Then, what is the first cause for the start of the material Universe? Frankly
speaking, the ultimate first cause for anything or everything is the nature. Without
nature, nothing would ever exist – no things or happenings would arise. Now, how
does the material Universe begin? For general understanding, dependent
phenomenon is a necessary prerequisite for the material Universe to exist; without
it, the material Universe would be impossible. Dependent phenomenon is also
known as a conditional phenomenon – that consists of two terms i.e. balance and
imbalance. Under a balanced phenomenon, aggregation would arise and one could

3. witness multiple shapes or forms. Under an imbalanced phenomenon, segregation
would arise and one could witness no shapes or forms. The cycle of conditional
phenomena continues repeatedly depicting a continuum of rising and falling
activities.
Therefore, the material Universe would start with the dependent phenomenon that
in turn conjures up the elements of energy. Since the dawn of time, energy has
been in existence within the system of dependent nature (inherent existence).
Under a balanced phenomenon, the elements of energy would turn into the
elements of matter through the process of aggregation. Likewise, under an
imbalanced phenomenon, the elements of matter would turn into the elements of
energy through the process of segregation (dependent arising). In other words, the
material Universe is merely a momentary appearance conjured up from a
continuum of orientating energy and matter in space under the influence of
conditional phenomena. Just like ice, water and steam are different appearances
deriving from the orientation of H2O properties under the influence of the external
conditions. In other words, it is the orientation of H2O properties that has taken
place to conjure up the momentary outcome of it.
As a conclusion, one could summarise that dependent nature is nothing but merely
a continuum of orientating flux of energy. No duality or multiplicity would arise in
the non-existence of the mind. This is because there is no subject to ponder on
the object or matter. When there is no mind arising, no phenomenon would arise.
When there is no phenomenon arising, no dependent nature would arise. When
there is no dependent nature, there would be no perception, no conception, no
label, no boundary, no name, no activity, no shape, no relation, no description, no
stereotyping, no beginning, no ending, etc.
Mind is the forerunner of all states. In the absence of the mind, all things would be
poised in a completely neutralised state of affairs. A completely neutralised state
of affairs would mean a state of no-thing-ness, a state of perfect intermediation, a
state of absence of any or all units under consideration. It is not equivalent to a
state of annihilation but merely a blown-off state of all things.