Second approach

On why there is something rather than nothing

The question "Why is there something rather than nothing?" can be rephrased, namely as "Why is metareality non-empty?" And since in my system metareality ultimately equals essence, the question becomes—why does the essence exist? However, this question is misleading because the word "exist" should be understood here as the existence of the essence, that is, beyond time and space, cause and effect, logic and its absence, beyond all dualisms. Let's call such existence "meta-existence." Therefore, the ultimate question is: "Why does the essence meta-exist?"

However, this question makes no sense because all concepts concerning causality, reasons for existence, existence or non-existence are secondary to the meta-existence of the essence. The essence takes on an infinite number of forms, and only among these derivative forms does the dualism of existence and non-existence, logic, and the chain of cause and effect appear.

Therefore, the attempt to understand the essence using the human mind, whose contents are entirely derivative of the essence, cannot be successful. The question "Why is there something rather than nothing?" thus makes as much sense as the question "How did cavemen use computers?"

The only thing left for us is to accept that the essence is absolutely fundamental and eludes any attempts at understanding. The only thing we can comprehend is some of the forms that the essence takes, including our Universe. And only through these manifestations can we say something about the essence, as its nature is revealed in its forms—they disclose that the essence meta-exists, takes on an infinite number of forms, and has a nature that can be described from a human perspective as sophisticated.

Attempts to answer the question "Why is there something rather than nothing?" are doomed to failure, but I don't think humanity will stop asking it. The reason is that in our Universe, existence is rare and non-existence is common. Just look at the sky—the Earth is suspended in unimaginably vast space. Therefore, when we encounter something that exists, the question naturally arises—why does it exist? What is its origin?

Moreover, in our Universe, entropy inevitably increases; therefore, in the broadest perspective, things generally decay and cease to exist. If we come across a complex object, it is natural in this context to ask—how did it come into being? Was it created by humans, a physical or geological process, or by the process of evolution?

Thus, our natural instincts arising from existing in the Universe—which constitutes an infinitely small fragment of metareality—lead us to ask questions that make sense when we pose them about things existing in the way we ourselves and everything around us exist. However, it is a mistake to ask questions that make sense when they concern existence, about that which meta-exists. This is a kind of existence that is completely alien to us but at the same time primordial to everything we know—therefore, it goes beyond our ability to comprehend.

Therefore, my system does not answer the question "Why is there something rather than nothing?" but explains why philosophers have been so inept at answering it for over two centuries—it is a task that cannot succeed. My system also teaches that instead of asking "Why is there something rather than nothing?" we should simply state "There is something rather than nothing" and treat it as a fundamental fact concerning metareality.

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