Which is your predominate state of existence?

Question

As there are 3 states of matter, there are also various states of existence:

Wanting?
Having?
Being?
Doing?
Thinking?
Seeing?
Knowing?
Other?

If

I think therefore I am

when

I don't think I am not

(do philosophical concepts stand the test of logic?)

Answer 1

First, I must commend you for coming up with a question like this, awesome. My answer: wanting, thinking and doing. I speak in terms of the natural and conceptual especially where wanting is concerned. "I think therefore I am with the understanding that to see and to be are intricutly intertwined. To do (act) is the culmination of the afore. Without the act there can be no greater revelation (that is to know more completely) which is essential for growth. I can think, see, etc., but until I do I am incomplete. For instance, before I actually walk, walking for me is more or less an incomplete matter. I hope that I have understood what you want and expressed myself effectively. Of course this question deserves more detail, but I'll rest the rhetoric. Thanks for a question with substance...

Answer 2

I'm in a continuous state of wanting. And I think this is the typical state for almost any individual. You look at something in your surroundings and you want it. You open a magazine, turn on the TV, open a book, see an object, a feature. The reaction is immediate. Desire is automatic even if it's only subconscious.

I cannot asses properly what I have. I don't know who or what I ma since my authenticity has been flawed by social masks. What I'm doing works according to the rules of relativity and is in a continuous state of change. What I see is automatic, it's not a choice so it doesn't define me. I'm in the state of seeing naturally.

I would say my only features are wanting, seeing, thinking and knowing. Wanting is inevitable and is the purest one that drives my nature. I have the tendency of questioning everything I see, hear and come in contact with so thinking is an inevitable reflex. Knowledge may be present, but if it is acquired through a deformed perception, it is more than questionable.

Answer 3

In this world, we can mainly observe these states: seeing, wanting and having
It is only by going through the states of thinking, being and doing,
That we will finally attain a blissful state of KNOWING

Answer 4

My state has been - seeking-
since very early childhood and still continuing
I seek to know the mystery of our existence.
There have been many answers by all the great Masters, still I think the quest is unfulfilled.

Answer 5

I myself, am governed by three States predominately thinking, knowing and having.

Answer 6

I generally strive to maintain a state of peace and calm...maybe a hold-over from my years of doing yoga and meditation.