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20 FAQs About the Absolute Existential Philosophy
Introduction to FAQ – The Absolute Existence Philosophy
This FAQ compiles the most common questions and answers regarding the Absolute Existence Philosophy. Its purpose is to clarify how this philosophy differs from other schools of thought, how it relates to the concepts of Existence, Essence, and Phenomenon, and how it can serve as a foundation for philosophical thinking.
Each question is designed to guide the reader step by step, from fundamental concepts to more complex reasoning, always with a focus on self-evident insight and logical consistency. The philosophy is based on the recognition of an indivisible and unchanging being – Origo – which makes all phenomenal experience and understanding possible.
Here, you will also find answers to questions regarding practical implications, morality, and the role of the Phenomenon in our thinking. The FAQ is intended as a clear guide for both the curious and the knowledgeable, without replacing direct experience of Absolute Existence.
1. Can Existence be fully understood?
Answer: The question of Existence is essential – it concerns the very foundation of all being. The solution, however, is phenomenal: it manifests as an expression that can be experienced, interpreted, and communicated.
In other words, it is a phenomenal solution to the essential question of Existence. The Absolute foundation remains unchanging, while the phenomenal solution becomes accessible to our experience and understanding.
2. What distinguishes the premises in Absolute Existential Philosophy from general premises about reality?
Answer: Absolute Existential Philosophy is based on an unconditional, indivisible, and unchanging Being as the foundation of all. General premises about reality often assume dependence, change, or relations as a starting point. Absolute philosophy instead takes the ground of Being as independent and absolute, making the insight self-evident.
3. What is truly "Being" and what does it mean that there must be an unchanging Being as the basis of all changing Being?
Answer: "Being" is that which truly Is – Existence itself. An unchanging Being as foundation is necessary because every changeable, relative, or dependent phenomenon must have an absolute cause ("Origo") to exist at all. Without this foundation, Being would be relative and never self-evident.
4. Why is an object sometimes used as a thought target and then replaced by a subject?
Answer: This is a philosophically necessary step: by first objectifying the Absolute, the mind can then immediately subjectify it. The Absolute thereby becomes the subject, the only instance that Is what Is. Without this inversion, philosophical thinking cannot reach the self-evident perspective.
5. What does it mean to "treat the Absolute as part of the dependent"?
Answer: Doing so would make the Absolute relative or composite, violating its indivisible and unconditional nature. In Absolute Existential Philosophy, this is forbidden – the Absolute cannot be part of anything dependent, or it loses its fundamental character.
6. Why do some philosophies use non-existence or parts as foundation instead of the absolute starting point?
Answer: Philosophies based on non-existence (e.g., some Buddhist schools) or relationally composed wholes (organic unity view) attempt to describe the world without an unconditional ground. This leads to dependence, relativity, and division. Absolute Existential Philosophy maintains that only an indivisible and unchanging Being can provide self-evident insight.
7. What distinguishes an immanent God from Absolute Existence, and why can the Absolute not consist of parts?
Answer: An immanent God is part of the world, active and dependent, whereas Absolute Existence is unconditional, indivisible, and unchanging. If the Absolute had parts, each part would depend on the others, making it relative. The Absolute must be indivisible to serve as the foundation upon which everything else rests.
8. Why is the absolute starting point a turning point?
Answer: It is a turning point because consciousness shifts from seeking the foundation outside itself to realizing that it itself is the foundation (Origo). Before the turning point, thought is directed toward phenomena and relations; afterward, consciousness rests at the unconditional root – Being itself.
9. What is the difference between "Being" and "that which is"?
Answer: "Being" is Existence itself – unchanging and unconditional. "That which is" refers to phenomena, objects, or events – that which appears within the Beings Essence is relative, changeable, and dependent. Absolute philosophy strictly distinguishes these to preserve logical clarity.
10. Why is the organic unity perspective not logically sustainable as a foundation?
Answer: The organic unity view begins with a whole that is both living, concious and composed of parts. This makes the whole relative and dependent, violating the requirement for an unconditional foundation. It can describe the world as phenomena, but cannot give absolute, self-evident insight into Existence, Essence, and Phenomenon, as Origo is completely ignored.
11. Is it possible to conceive of a "gluon" or a principle of cohesion as foundation?
Answer: No. Assuming something that binds parts together already creates a relation between two differences – the binder and the bound – making the foundation relative. The Absolute cannot begin with relation or division, or it ceases to be unconditional and indivisible.
12. Is "nothing to understand" confused with "non-existence" or "void"?
Answer: No. The question arises because there is a phenomenon that is incomprehensible in its absolute context, which may at first glance resemble "non-existence" or "void." The organic unity view does not start from non-existence, but from a living, organic whole as Hlatky introduced. Through this, the incomprehensible quickly fills with relation, life, and consciousness, while Origo – the absolute root – is ignored. This makes the unconditional a function within the conditional, losing absolute consistency. Absolute Existential Philosophy strictly maintains that the Absolute is unconditional Being, Origo, and not nothing; it cannot be filled with something relative.
13. Why is an Absolute Existential Philosophy necessary?
Answer: The absolute starting point is not a choice, but a logical necessity to:
- speak of Existence without dependence,
- distinguish Essence from Phenomenon,
- avoid introducing parts or relations into the Absolute.
All alternative starting points lead to dependence, relativity, and phenomenological "clumping," preventing self-evident insight.
14. Can Origo, the "zero point," be the same as "nothing" or "non-existence"?
Answer: No. Origo cannot be understood as nothing or non-existence, as this would make the foundation relative and conditional. Origo is necessarily Absolute Existence, the unchanging Being. It is a something to which thought can attach, not merely an empty position in nothingness.
Without this absolutely unconditional foundation, there is no starting point to begin from, no absolute turning point, and no phenomena or experiences can be related to anything self-evident that can make understanding possible.
15. How does the Absolute Existence philosophy reconcile the indivisible Absolute Existence with our experience of being autonomous individuals, without becoming pantheistic or paradoxical?
Answer: Absolute Existence is fundamental, indivisible, and necessary for all phenomenal experience.
The Absolute faculty of perception is essential and rests upon this Absolute foundation. We participate in the faculty of perception phenomenally, but we are not parts of the Absolute foundation.
All phenomenal reality, including our experience of autonomy and individuality, manifests through the faculty of perception as expressions that can be experienced, interpreted, and communicated.
The experience of autonomy is therefore always phenomenal: each individual experiences themselves as distinct, but this distinctness is made possible by the Absolute faculty of perception that carries all phenomenal expression.
The philosophy does not deny the individual's autonomy, but shows that it exists as phenomenal reality within the framework of the Absolute foundation.
In this way, pantheistic misunderstandings are avoided and the apparent paradox is resolved: Absolute Existence remains indivisible and unchanging, while phenomenal expressions and experiences of autonomy occur within its stable framework.
16. How can we understand objects in spacetime as self-luminous, and how does the experience arise that some objects appear illuminated?
Answer: Each phenomenal object is self-luminous in the sense that it manifests directly through the faculty of perception as its own expression. It does not require any external light to exist in experience – its manifestation is independent and immediate.
At the same time, these objects interact with each other through a phenomenal "emission" of impressions. When an object is influenced by the expressions of other objects, it appears illuminated rather than self-luminous.
The result is that the phenomenon as a whole emerges with differences in intensity and visibility: some objects appear to shine on their own, while others are experienced as lit by these interactions. This is not a physical light process, but a phenomenal field of expression where differences in experience create the sense of light and weight in the space.
17. What happens if one believes that the phenomenon is the only ruling reality?
Answer: If one perceives the phenomenon as the sole ruling reality, there is a risk of confusing the phenomenal with the Absolute foundation. The phenomenon is always expressive, changeable, and relational, whereas Absolute Existence and the faculty of perception are indivisible, unchanging, and essential.
Believing that the phenomenon alone governs can lead to the notion that reality consists of separate objects acting independently, without connection to the Absolute foundation. This creates a "dead" reality, where the experience of autonomy and coherence is lost, and the desire to alter the phenomenon to match personal ideas may dominate.
The philosophy shows that reality is always phenomenal in expression but grounded in Absolute Existence. Only by recognizing this foundation can one understand the changes, relationships, and experience of autonomy within the phenomenon in a coherent and logical way.
18. How has AI been used in the context of Absolute Existential Philosophy?
Answer: AI has functioned as a helpful tool to structure and compile the assumptions, questions, and answers of the philosophy. It has helped organize reasoning, create a consistent FAQ, and produce copy-friendly text for the web, without affecting the logical foundations of Absolute Philosophy. AI supports the thinking process, but insight into Absolute Existence is human and self-evident.
19. Can philosophy ever claim to answer questions of right and wrong from a moral perspective without relying on the Ten Commandments and the double commandment of love?
Answer: Philosophy can provide guidance on moral reasoning only from a standpoint of clarity and self-evidence. It cannot impose absolute rules as religion does, but it can reveal what is necessary for coherent moral thought. From the perspective of Absolute Existence:
- The Phenomenon is where moral experience and reflection take place.
- Existence and Essence provide the stable, self-evident foundation necessary to evaluate actions without contradiction.
- Any moral consideration must recognize that acts, consequences, and intentions emerge within the phenomenal realm grounded in Absolute Existence.
20. How can "we" exist in the Absolute Existence Philosophy?
Answer: "We" is a phenomenal concept and has no place in Absolute Existence, since everything there is one (1) and undivided. In the Phenomenon, however, "we" can experience and share the Faculty of Perception, which constitutes the very Essence of Absolute Existence.