Leyla Shen wrote:1. Existence is causal and not infinite.
Correct.
2. Since things which are caused are contingent upon their causes and those causes are not themselves infinite, existence is an illusion of causality.
Well, not quite. I admit that my phrase "existence is an illusion of causality" is a bit loaded and not clear. It's missing the part about the role consciousness plays in things' existence. It would've been better to say something like "existence is an illusion caused by the interplay between consciousness and its subject"
3. Causality is infinite.
True.
4. Therefore, if the infinite is real, all things are an illusion of causality.
Given that #2 isn't very clear, this conclusion, while not entirely untrue, is a bit unclear as well.
I'm game to continue if you don't mind my adjustments, but if you're interested, it'd be better to work with the reiteration of my point, which was simpler and concise, being:
you can't relate existence to the absolute, precisely because it (existence) is relative. So if the absolute is said to be real, then existence must not be.
Which would make my argument, in its most simple form:
1. The absolute is real
2. The Infinite is absolute
3. Things are finite
4. Things are not real
You can interchange "things" with "existence". In order to save time, I'll flesh out the middle two points a bit:
1. The absolute is real
2. The Infinite is absolute. The Infinite is descriptive of causality, which pervades the whole of reality. Causality describes the the interrelationship of all things, and therefore the oneness of the All. It also describes the ever changing nature of all things.
3. Things are finite manifestations of causality. Things
"exist" by way of conscious perception. To exist is to stand apart from the rest of reality, which is found to be not only temporal, but illusory as well in the sense that such "standing out" only occurs with conscious perception. As consciousness as a thing is included in this process, the existence of consciousness is also therefore illusory.
4. Things are not real