To be there

Dasein [d̥ɑːza͡ɪ̯n] is a term that in German combines the words "being" (sein) and "there" (da), meaning "existence" (eg in the phrase "Ich bin mit meinem Dasein zufrieden" I am happy with my existence ").

The literal meaning of the word Da-sein is 'to be-there'. That it would rather be to be doing something there as it expresses the use of the gerund in Latin. The notion of Dasein was used by several German philosophers, such as Hegel or Jaspers, but especially by Martin Heidegger to indicate the scope in which the opening of man to the Being occurs. Initially the term had been identified with the existence of man, but Heidegger himself, in his 1947 Letter to Humanism, rejects this interpretation. More precisely, we can say that Dasein alludes to man as the only being who lives outside himself, constantly open to Being and to suffer a revelation of Him. The term expresses the fact that existence is not defined only as an overshoot that transcends the given reality in the direction of possibility, but that this overstepping is always overstepping something, it is always located, it is here. Existence, Dasein, being-in-the-world, are synonymous. The three concepts indicate the fact that man is "situated" in a dynamic way, that is, in the mode of being being. In the action of being doing something, the experience becomes transitive, which puts us in situations that when experiencing that we do it live and without intellectual lucubrations - unless the same experience is cognitive -.

Example, the difference between 'being an apprentice of karate' and 'being a karateka'. The karateka when learning their katas or blows, thinks, feels and moves to practice; but insofar as it penetrates into the essence of the kata it does so in an absorbed way, being in situ, that is, in some fight its movements are direct and intuitive and let the body manage itself. This is Dasein, which becomes active by positioning the person doing something. In Chinese philosophy and Buddhism one speaks of ichinen, that is, of subject chi of energy and nen of fusion; the subject merging with cosmic energy.

The term Dasein is used to categorically identify the relationship between the human being and any action focused towards the attainment of a purpose; then the purpose is known, reasonable and intellectually processed, but the action does not enjoy the same conditions, because it is in some way a preconscious, unprocessed, unquestioned action; simply concur, it is done; and that's Dasein.

This term also indicates the degree of delivery of the human being in relation to the world. We humans, in the condition of participants, in favor of routine, work, customs, among other similar instances, but each action that performs is a sign of commitment and continuous relationship with creation; although it is not as clear, as mentioned above, which vehicles provide the impetus for such actions. Bibliography

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