Shrouded beyond recognition by the cloak of Life with its multifarious folds and colors is Existence Unchangeable. It is the garb of Life with its veils of mind, energy and gross forms that "shadows" and superimposes on Existence, presenting the eternal, indivisible and unchangeable Existence as transient, varied and ever-changing.
Existence is all-pervading and is the underlying essence of all things, whether animate or inanimate, real or unreal, varied in species or uniform in forms, collective or individual, abstract or substantial.
In the Eternity of Existence there is no Time. There is no Past and no Future, only the everlasting Present. In Eternity nothing has happened and nothing will ever happen. Everything is happening in the unending NOW.
Existence is God; whereas Life is illusion.
Existence is Reality; whereas Life is imagination.
Existence is Everlasting; whereas Life is ephemeral.
Existence is Unchangeable; whereas Life is ever-changing.
Existence is Freedom; whereas Life is a binding.
Existence is Indivisible; whereas Life is multiple.
Existence is Imperceptible; whereas Life is deceptive.
Existence is Independent; whereas Life is dependent on mind, energy and gross forms.
Existence is ; whereas Life appears to be.
Existence, therefore, is not Life.
Birth and death do not mark the beginning or end of Life. Whereas the numerous stages and states of Life which constitute the so-called births and deaths are governed by the laws of evolution and reincarnation, Life comes into being only once , with the advent of the first dim rays of limited consciousness, and succumbs to death only once on attaining the Unlimited Consciousness of Infinite Existence.
Existence, all-knowing, all-powerful, all-present God, is beyond cause and effect, beyond time and space, beyond all actions. Existence touches all, all shadows and all things. Nothing can ever touch Existence. Even the very fact of its being does not touch Existence.
To realize Existence, Life must be shed. It is Life that endows limitations to the Unlimited Self. Life of the limited self is sustained by the mind creating impressions; by energy supplying the impetus to accumulate and dissipate these impressions through expressions; and by gross forms and bodies, functioning as the instruments through which these impressions are spent, reinforced and eventually exhausted through actions.
Life is thickly linked with actions. Life is lived through actions. Life is valued through actions. Life's survival depends on actions. Life cognizant is actions — actions opposite in nature, actions affirmative and negative, actions constructive and destructive.