The definition of "Emptiness" is NOT to be found in THE SHAMBHALA DICTIONARY OF BUDDHISM AND ZEN, DON'T "have a meltdown" . Know this, without Emptiness there IS no Creation. Matter, in its physical sense, arrived INTO Emptiness, in the exact same way that when water is poured into a bowl, it is the EMPTINESS that "HOLDS" it . A SOLID block cannot hold nor contain that same water . It CAN be said that it is EMPTINESS that allows for the manifestation of "The 10,000 Things" . We have heard, "That asshole is a BLOCKHEAD", meaning, nothing can "go in" and surely, nothing can "go out" .
Years and years ago I had a dream in which a Koan [Japanese Kong-an in Korean] was brought to my Conscious-ness ,,, it was this : "What's the most important 'thing' at an airport ?" When I got passed "WTF" {after SEVERE Bouts of aggravated Mediation} this arrived : "Space" is the most important feature of an Airport, but SPACE wasn't enough, and then Emptiness arrived, and I had the Answer to that Kong-an .
We accuse Others of being "Empty Headed" and only a Buddhist or Zen Buddhist could appreciate the pun that results .
I'm leaving this here for today .
Tare Forward and Keep the Faith
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