Who one is in the midst of so many adversities, in the middle of so many turns and twists, on the verge of so many interactions and encounters reflects the very being that he/she can be. Life definitely has a lot to offer, as they say. Life has many surprises, at times unacceptable ones. Life seems to hone the very being that one can be. Life is objectively a whole spectacle, a whole amazement. But nothing could be more of an awe than the individuals that one can and has become. Life aided in that structured and crafted being. And up until now, one is still synthesized and being brought into so much.
It will take some time to give meaning to subsistence. At times it entails experience and unending processual undergoings of life. It entails one to go through so much before he/she can utterly see his/her being. But how could this existence be laid down and understood?
One could define it phenomenologically. Personal ideals and principles could be brought to play to get the whole image of that being. Individuals can view his/her life in his/her mind reflective of experience. How he/she puts meaning in things that define that existence. One may be open to changes, acceptable of any situation, or that he/she could be repulsive given that whims and visions are not fulfilled. Existence at this point is symbolic, so to say. The subjective entitlement of it is given. Here, existence and its essence is at the disposal of the life bearer. One could see himself/herself living for hopes, for something unknown and surprising; or he/she could live in nihilism and self-denial. Existence is in one’s own.
However, other people can give meaning to others’ existence. Seeing the purpose of one to so many people can also be valid given that the working individual is in the duly process of Be-ing; there is activity amidst Be-ing. Seeing this meaning through other people’s perspective objectifies the very meaning of one in life. One may be some saving grace or hero to another, or simply a source of misery and sadness.
How can then existence be define? It’s a coexistence and embedding of reasons, purposes, decisions, choices, and outcomes. Existence is the synthesis of the ongoings of life, of some else’s life, and even everyone else’s life. It’s the product of so many interactions and reactions. Existence is one’s definition. It is also reflected upon one’s significance in the lives of many. But overall, it’s an interconnection, overlapping, congruity, compormise, and harmony of all set meanings. It could also be the other way around.
One can say he/she is the most intelligent. But others may say otherwise or nothing at all. One may say that he/she has not been graced with beauty, thereby annihilating herself, living with a heavy heart and bitter mind, but others may say that he/she is an utter epitome of beauty. In some cases, there is agreement in definitions. There is totally match of one’s existence. One may actually be pushed to believing on others’ view. One may also be convinced of his/her existence.
Existence is that moment where one can say that there has been so much done and that there is still more to do. Setting boundaries for one’s very being may not be that easy, deepening thoughts and essences. But if one knows the why’s, how’s, and who’s of his/her existence, that’s one time that his very being is in transcendence of being not. There is existence by then.
