@JPLosman0711,
JPLosman0711 wrote:
The Self, or more accurately said, 'Self' is an un-covering of itself. You know this and it is an issue for 'projecting' it 'there'.
This is not about "self": this is about
being and
nothingness, which are much more fundamental concepts. When you say that self "
is an un-covering of itself," you are already using the concept of being (is):
that's the concept---along with nothingness---that I am talking about.
JPLosman0711 wrote:There is no 'thing', not 'nothing'.
The sentence "there is no thing" means that nothing exists, including the "self": I don't believe this is what you really think.
JPLosman0711 wrote:The problem your having is that you go through life by merely 'maintaining' your 'self' through a serious of explanations instead of Be-ing your very 'self'.
The problem you are having is that you don't know how to reason properly (and again, Heidegger is not to blame).
JPLosman0711 wrote:You look at 'nothing' as some sort of concept to be proven or disproven, when in fact it was just 'created' to cover over Be-ing as an explanation.
Your mistakes:
1) We don't look at a concept (unless metaphorically): at most, we can look at the word painted on paper, which represents that concept. This "look at" attitude reveals however your passive attitude toward things, which usually consists in just accepting whatever prejudices you received from whoever you learned from.
2) The concept of nothing needs not be "proven," but rather
understood: it is you that are
proving nothing, that is,
not proving anything.
3) As concepts, being and nothingness are as natural or artificial ("created") as any other concept, including "self," so you'd better abandon language and go "uh, uh" (which in your case would be probably better).
JPLosman0711 wrote:No one is ever going to be able to provide you with the definition you seek, as Dasein has said, you merely have forgotten what you already know and are trying to prove something to cover it up.
It is you that are expecting someone to "provide" you of what you seek (supposing you seek anything): I have already found my answers myself---I am the "do-it-yourself" kind of guy. That's what I "already know," and I am not intending to forget it. You, on the other hand, unfortunately have forgotten how to think---supposing you ever knew how to do it.
Why don't you read Heidegger's "The Essence of Truth," in which he makes a fairly good questions about nothing, including this: What is there something and not nothing?