Full Idea
At the point of sleep when sleep has not yet come and external wakefulness vanishes, at this point being is revealed.
Gist of Idea
Being is revealed at the point between waking and sleep
Source
Anon (Cent) (Centring [c.500 BCE], 50)
Book Reference
'Zen Flesh, Zen Bones', ed/tr. Reps,Paul [Penguin 1971], p.157
A Reaction
One for Heidegger. The problem with eastern philosophy is that no one expects that this revelation could be put into words, so we cannot compare our revelations of being, or pass them on to others. Which means they can't be criticised.