isness

English

Etymology

From is +‎ -ness.

Noun

isness (uncountable)

1. (philosophy, spirituality) The quality of being; existence as something.
   • 1970, Daisetz Teitarō Suzuki, Zen and Japanese culture, Volumes 0-9842:

     When I am in my isness, thoroughly purged of all intellectual sediments, I have my freedom in its primary sense.

   • 1978, Charles B. Ketcham, A theology of encounter: the ontological ground for a new Christology:

     Isness always indicates identity of the other or another in an objective way.

   • 2004, Richard H. Jones, Mysticism and morality: a new look at old questions:

     To be aware of knowing God is to know about God and the self — to be thinking in terms of entities — not to have the direct experience of the isness.