groundgroundholding: 102

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# The summit of the real depends on nothing Follow holding upward. Each real thing rests on something more real that holds it, and that on something more real again. The summit is the one that holds all and is held by nothing, on which everything depends and which depends on none. That is what the old word God was reaching for: not the largest being among beings, but the ground on which being stands. Related: [[degree-of-reality-is-degree-of-holding]], [[the-ground-of-being-is-someone-not-something]] Rests on: nothing. This is where the leaning stops.

Provenance

Source: developed in conversation (foundational-questions session, 2026-06-13)

Holding

Transitive holding: 102
Direct dependents: 1
Authored ground confirmed by measured holding

Held by (1 claims rest on this):

the-ground-of-being-is-someone-not-something