Introduction: "Dualism and Nondualism"

We exist.  This we know for sure but the question that comes up often is why?  A likely response would be "does there need to be a reason?"  Perhaps we need to look at some sort of divine intelligence to explain our existence, for if we are here we must have a purpose.  For what would our lives mean if we didn't have a purpose?

But it would not seem prudent to posit a purpose in order to feel better.  But it would surely seem to be a cold world without some sort of meaning.  When feeling so alone