suchness, n.Definitions

Suchness (n.) neither ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠becomes nor ceases to become, stands at no place, and is neither past, future nor present.

Suchness (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠tathata, the world in its nonverbal, nonconceptual state, where the Asian traditions find spirit.

Suchness (n.) means ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠this: if you understand, things are as they are; if you do not understand, things are as they are.

Suchness (n.) has ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠its root in "tat," "that," perhaps a baby's first word: fathers hear "Dada," but perhaps the child is simply recognizing the world and saying "That!"

Suchness (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠void because it teases the mind out of thought and leaves definition dumbfounded — yet it is not literal nothingness.