Zero and the infinite are two sides of the same coin. The utlimate reality includes all, and is made up of nothing. Enlightenment is finite disolving into the infinite, either by becoming nothing or by becoming everything.
Small self belongs to the finite. No self belongs to the infinite.
So how can one reach the infinite?
There are two paths. One can become smaller and smaller and simply disappear into nothingness. This is the approach of Zen, which through insight negates all identification in order to experience the ultimate nothingness or nirvana.
Or one can expand oneself and become bigger and bigger, until one loses all identification with anything smaller than the infinite. This is the approach of christianity, which through love can make one infinite and experience I AM everywhere.
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I would say the zero is actually dependent on infinite. Infinite existence is absolute existence. Zero is a synonym for non-existence. Non-existence will always need existence because the former is a lack OF the latter. To clarify, in mathematics, -1 could not be, were it not for +1 because -1 is to NEGATE +1. You have to have 1 to take away 1. So non-existence would have no meaning were it not for existence, Pure/Absolute Existence.
In a purely logical manner, finite existence is sufficient to define non-existence, as the lack of the former gives you latter. One does not need "infinite" existence as such to define non-existence. The question worth pondering upon is why zero and infinite are the same? Or why non-existence is the same as infinite existence. This is like a Zen Koan, as it needs both the mind and the no-mind to know the answer.
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