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I am bringing this up because of the discussion in class relating to nonevents. And give us some time with this material.
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There are events on what you would call the minus side of being. They would be nonevents to you, not only because you would not experience them but because, in your terms now, they would seem to rush back through the source of unconsciousness. They would be unhappening, unbecoming, again in your terms.
They would rush through being to unbeing, vanishing, it would seem to you, into extinction. On that other side of being however, where unbeing would seem to be, on the underside of existence as you think of it, is a phenomena that can hardly be translated into words. There is a nonevent within and surrounding each event.
From these nonevents all events are actualized. In the dilemma of what I can only call cosmic creativity, there are always potentials seeking for expression. No single event actualizes all of its possibilities.
I am not saying that nonevents are only potential events, however. Nonevents represent the tension, in your terms between being and nonbeing, the power and surge of unactualized being, ever (underlined) “present” (in quotes). There is no beginning or end therefore to nonevents. Every event is a portion of a nonevent. Now you may take your break.
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Now. You must keep up your communication, particularly in those areas where you do not understand each other. (The material on nonevents should be read to class.)
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