Are we here or not? Both yes and no.

I got several ideas out of this reading.

The omnipresent idea of non being and being were mentioned, as well as the important point about taking a class on Buddhism on page 21. It states that "To speak about or distribute ideas is not the study or practice of Buddhism." It's similar to the Tao Te Ching saying that "The more we know, the less we understand."

It is only through experience and understanding of those experiences, one make a marked understand of not only their lives, but also within a certain extent, the universe as well.

Also, it mentioned that without certain actions, aspects of our existence/non-existence would fail to manifest.

What I got out of it: There is a constant and steady flow and the world is made up of actions, reasons, and varied consciousnesses within that flow. Once we realize this, all will fall into place.