Dear Tofu Roshi:

Why is there Something, rather than Nothing?

Auntie Matter

Dear Auntie:

You have probably heard the wise old saying: “Time is nature’s way of keeping everything from happening at once.” similarly, Something manifests in order to keep Nothing from taking up all the space.   In this matter which you present, nothing could be more material to our understanding of what is than what is not.

We must learn to see things as they are and Something as it isn’t.

In substance, Nothing matters.

From, The Life and Letters of Tofu Roshi, by Susan Ichi Su Moon, Shambala Press, Boston, 1988.