According to Osho, the dispute over whether existence precedes essence or vice versa is childish; like egg and chicken, seed and tree, they are not two. They are simultaneous phases of a single unfolding, which our narrow, sequential vision splits into before and after. From a total vision (“Krishna’s eyes”), essence and existence co-arise together; arguing precedence misses the living process.
Existence and essence are one living process—like egg and chicken—so asking which comes first is just our small view talking.