| Emptiness is a spiritual concept that is best defined | | | | Their true nature |
| by the Tao Te Ching. The true nature of the cosmos | | | | Emerging, flourishing, dissolving back again |
| is emptiness, the universe is almost 100% empty | | | | This is the eternal process of return |
| space. The reason we sense the material world as | | | | To know this process brings enlightenment |
| solid is that the solid particles are moving so fast we | | | | To miss this process brings disaster |
| sense them in millions of places as if at once. | | | | Again the Tao Te Ching: |
| An empty mind is in a state of meditation, an empty | | | | Know That which is beyond all beginnings |
| mind can receive insight which is always fresh and | | | | And you will know everything here and now |
| present oriented. Communicated insight becomes old | | | | Know everything in this moment |
| and stale and contributes to the accumulation of | | | | And you will know the Eternal Tao |
| knowledge rather than the depth of understanding. | | | | The fullness of the present moment is framed by |
| The principle of emptiness basically refers to the | | | | the emptiness of the past and the emptiness of the |
| meaninglessness of phenomenon. Whatever meaning | | | | future. Misunderstanding this emptiness is the basis of |
| is interpreted from any action or circumstance is | | | | all illusion. |
| wholly illusory and subjective. | | | | We are empty vessels. As long as the ego seeks |
| The Tao Te Ching reads: | | | | fulfillment from the outer world (see attachment) |
| Become totally empty | | | | enlightenment and contentment are not possible. We |
| Quiet the restlessness of the mind | | | | cannot seek for the truth and acquire it as if it were |
| Only then will you witness everything unfolding from | | | | a rare object, Rather truth flows from the plenum of |
| emptiness | | | | the void and fills the emptiness and expresses itself |
| See all things flourish and dance in endless variation | | | | through us in appearance, language, and behavior. It |
| And once again merge back into perfect emptiness | | | | flows like a river, it cannot be stored as knowledge |
| Their true repose | | | | and experience, nor even as wisdom. |