Emptiness

Emptiness is an inescapable aspect of form. It surrounds everything, is inbetween everything, indeed it makes up everything. It is from which everything came and into which everything must eventually go. The huge distance between stars are made up of primarily nothing, even on this planet the spaces between objects is empty. On a sub-atomic level, the distances between each atom and its neighbour are so incredibly vast (in comparison to the size of the atoms) everything we percieve and are is substantially empty. Beyond this physical realm, the spaces within our minds can far outstretch those spaces between the stars.

Everyone has an intrinsic feeling of this emptiness at some stage or on some level. This unfathomable emptiness, is, as mentioned, the most present 'thing' in this universe. As this is only a feeling of emptiness, without understanding, people for the most part attempt to fill this emptiness by any means necessary. Often, these means include: power, money, competition, success over others, the ego, false personalities, metrial possetions, entertainment, pleasure seeking, addictions and devised beliefs.

It is through these means that the universal plight of all beings, great or small, can be seen on a human scale. That plight is of course the search for joy and the end of suffering. For most people, this plight has simply developed into into a concept of fast gratification, enslavement to sensory addictions and the ultimate selfish ego.

However, as these 'fillers' are inescapably empty themselves, they only serve to fill the emptiness with emptiness, eventually expanding this empty feeling.

It is only through knowing, understanding, accepting and appreciating and being a part of the emptiness just as it is a part of you, can you begin to fill this emptiness.