Why not? Condition can have no manifestation and manifestation can
have no conditions. Independent origionation is true.
When there are causes with appropriate conditions, manifestations
may or may not occur.
When there are causes without appropriate conditions,
manifestations may or may not occur.
When there are no causes with appropriate conidtions,
manifestations may or may not occur.
When there are no causes without appropriate conidtions,
manifestations may or may not occur.
The above situations can be seen in Chaos Theory which happens in
daily life.
Therefore, there is independent origination.
The explanation does not seem apt wrt your views on
Origination.
To me, I would prefer to do it as such:
1. Firstly, by not bringing in more than 1 variable for each
category in the exposition
2. Therefore, by simplifying your exposition in such a way to
dispel any confusion:
a) When there is a cause with a condition, the
desired manifestation occurs.
b) When there is a cause with no condition, the
desired manifestation does not occur.
c) When there is no cause with a condition, the
desired manifestation does not occur.
d) When there is no cause with no condition, the
desired manifestation does not occur.
3. Building on the basis from pt #2, we shall apply it to a minimal
real-life scenario
the cause = existence
of an eyeball
the condition = existence
of a toycar
the desired
manifestation = registering
an image of the toycar by the eye
a) When there is an existence of an
eyeball with an existence of a toycar, the
eye registers the image of the toycar. (i.e. the desired
manifestation occurs)
b) When there is an existence of an
eyeball with no existence of a
toycar, the eye does not register the image of the
toycar. (i.e. the desired
manifestation does not occur)
c) When there is no existence of an
eyeball with an existence of a
toycar, there is no eye to register the image of
the toycar. (i.e. the desired
manifestation does not occur)
d) When there is no existence of an
eyeball with no existence of a toycar,
there is no eye to register something that doesn't exist.
(i.e. the desired
manifestation does not occur)
The above scenario constitute a minimally 1 cause and 1 condition
stance.
4. Hence in actual real life, one
should proceed to progressively include conditions which influences
the outcome of the desired manifestation, eg.
a) When there is a cause with a #condition
1 with a #condition 2, the desired
manifestation occurs.
b) When there is a cause with a #condition
1 with no #condition 2, the desired
manifestation does not occur.
c) When there is a cause with no #condition
1 with a #condition 2, the desired
manifestation does not occur.
d) When there is no cause with a #condition
1 with a #condition
2, the desired
manifestation does not occur.
e) When there is no cause with a #condition
1 with no #condition
2, the desired
manifestation does not occur.
f) When there is no cause with no #condition
1 with a #condition
2, the desired
manifestation does not occur.
g) When there is no cause with no #condition
1 with no #condition
2, the desired
manifestation does not
occur.
5. Hence building on the basis from pt #4, we shall apply it on a
better real-life scenario than the previous one
the cause = existence of an eyeball
#condition
1 = existence of a
toycar
#condition
2 = existence of
light
the desired
manifestation = registering
an image of the toycar by the
eye
Just substitute the coloured portions in their respective positions
and you will yield the same results.
6. Continually add more conditions to fulfil the actual final
real-life scenario
eg.
#condition 3 = the person bearing the eyeball must
be alive person
#condition 4 = the
distance between the eyeball and the toycar fixed at ??cm
#condition 5 = the
person's eyes must not be blind
#condition 6 = the
toycar must not be hidden in a box
.....
.....
..... (could be up to infinity)
7. Therefore, there is no way for one to say "manifestations may or
may not occur", we can only say "the desired manifestation
occurs" or "the desired manifestation
does not occur". "The desired manifestation
does not occur" just implies "it is not the desired manifestation
that occured but still there is a result (the non-occurence of the
desired manifestation)". We should visualize both
occurrence and non-occurrence of an event on a same level to
realise this fact.
8. Conclusion, there is no such thing as Independent Origination,
as the occurence of a desired manifestation is
the coming
together of
existence of the cause and all the various conditions, while
the non-occurence of a desired manifestation is still
the coming
together of
existence and non-existence of the cause or some of the various
conditions, which resulted in it's non-occurence. Everything
is still dependent on one another.