There is no beginning. There is no end. No person can give you freedom. Freedom is the suchness of life; all gets swept away except for the deathless nature of tathata. This is enlightenment. This is true liberation.-Felicia Washington S

(Tathātā (/ˌtætəˈtɑː/; Sanskrit: तथाता; Pali: tathatā) is a Buddhist term variously translated as "thusness" or "suchness", referring to the nature of reality free from conceptual elaborations and the subject–object distinction. Although it is a significant concept in Mahayana Buddhism, it is also used in the Theravada tradition.)

Felicia Washington Sy, Felicia Washington Sy is a licensed independent clinical social worker and adjunct assistant professor at the University of Saint Thomas in Saint Paul, Minnesota. A practicing Buddhist for 14 years, she combines mindfulness-based social-work practice and intercultural theory to train practitioners to work with diverse populations across the Twin Cities Metropolitan area. She is a Clouds in Water Zen Meditation Center member in Saint Paul, Minnesota.