Loving Emptiness
It seems to me that the reason we in our culture are driven to distraction is that we have forgotten how to love emptiness. The Tao Te Ching makes great mention of emptiness. It is noted that emptiness is a valuable characteristic. It's emptiness that makes a cup or a room valuable. Vessels of empty space are what make all other forms of activity possible. The most sacred emblem of emptiness is the womb, from which all life comes. We, people of our day and age, abhor emptiness in all of its forms. We work against empty schedules, meetings with empty agendas, empty wallets, empty minds. We see emptiness as a sign of poverty and weakness. I myself have always greatly feared my own boredom. But boredom is not so frightening really. It's quite human and mundane and perhaps even comfortable now and then. I'd like to be able to see emptiness as a strength and a virtue. I'd like to be able to sit with emptiness comfortably, to make friends with her. I'd like to ...