Thinking, Dasienly

Like many of you, I had a hard time coming o grasp with Heidegger and his deep, amazing, all important idea of Dasein. After much searching and reading on the internet, I finally got somewhat of a clear definition. This definition came from the encyclopedia of the people, aka wikipedia, so I know that it is right. Anyway what I came to understand Desein as was closly related to Descartes and his famous saying, "I think therefore I am". Except now Heidegger takes it one step further and just essentially says "being is". It is somewhat of a circle interpretation of life because he also says we must question being by asking about a being in regards to its being. This is way to many beings.
I liked Marks post and how he tried to relate this concept to the Matrix scenes we watched in class. I would like to go down that path as well except use my own interpretation of the word Dasein. I feel this concept doesn't really answer any questions as to what it is to BE. BUt instead is a way for someone contemplating philosophy a first step in getting to the big questions. It doesn't really answer why we are here but who is here and what they are going to do with their life. It is interesting in the matrix movies that there is a lot of religious themes. First Morpheus rescues Neo from this wrong world and brings him back to a new and different time. And then Neo becomes the savior of all man kind. So this idea of life and being Dasein relates to how Neo thought he was in real life but then a catalyst, MorpheUs, and the idea of Dasein saved him and then he became the savior of the world.