Beings manifest when conditions are sufficient.
When conditions lack, they no longer appear.
Still, there is no coming, no going,
no being, and no nonbeing.
One day I met a beautiful person. She is from Iran. I asked her why she came from Iran to India. She said she wanted freedom. She did not feel free in Iran. When we were discussing this, we were in a restaurant along with our friends, Ven. Rabten and others. I too was looking for freedom. I always have. I have never been to Iran. I have always lived in India. And yet, I too did not feel free. For instance, we could only eat what was on the menu. She could come to the restaurant without having to wear a headscarf but still the freedom of choice as far as food was concerned was restricted to the options on the menu.
This is because things only manifest when conditions are sufficient. If we are at a South Indian eatery we may not get paella because they may not have the ingredients or the recipe to prepare paella. We must know how to prepare paella and we must have the ingredients, the utensils, the desire to prepare paella. These are the conditions. Similarly, beings only manifest when conditions are sufficient to manifest.
We do not come into existence or go into nonexistence. When we are not manifesting, we wait for the right conditions to manifest. When conditions are right flowers bloom. When conditions are right we fall in love. When conditions are right, Germany wins the World Cup!
(Based on the teachings of Thich Nhat Hanh.)
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