Can the unmanifest exist without the manifest?

[Brandon Nankivell]

By manifest I mean all phenomena (trees, sounds, light, etc...).

By unmanifest I mean that which can't be named, spoken, pointed to (the eternal, the unspeakable, Atman)

If the answer is yes, why?

[vladorion]

Yes it can.

You experience it every night.

[RMQualtrough]

You don't need to ask, look around you and see what is.

[Batman]

13 hours ago, Brandon Nankivell said:

By manifest I mean all phenomena (trees, sounds, light, etc...).

Phenomena, trees, sounds, light, perceptions, experience, world, existence - those are all concepts.

What happens if you strip all the concepts? What remains? 

Hint: no words can touch "this".