Sometimes I feel Empty is it the Void?

What is the Emptiness of Mind, or the Void? We need to first find out whether it is possible to discover the meaning within our being to address this. Since the essence of Being is absolute peace and quiet without thought or some kind of manifestation or projection, may emptiness be called the essence of Being in itself? To express what it means, we have to shift to the language of symbols, because emptiness is a level of mind and consciousness, a level of realization that belongs to all traditions.

For instance, emptiness is represented by the central dot in the Vajra, a ritualistic instrument used in Tantric Buddhism, which symbolizes a focal point, the seed of the spirit in which everything is in a possible yet static state. It also characterizes the universe's central axis and center. Vajra means the diamond scepter, or the thunderbolt, literally.

Emptiness is often connected to the creative void, which means that it is a state of absolute receptivity and utter enlightenment. It reflects the absence or, more specifically, the fusion of the self with its own essence, which is called the Universal Soul or the Unknown God in Western culture, and is called the Clear Light in Buddhism.

This combination of ego and its source can also be defined as the experience of infinite space, a frame of mind that gives us the realization of the interdependence of all phenomena in life, an experience that gives us an incredible degree of reality, in that when our ego merges with its source, truth becomes impersonal, "being without thought, personal opinions.

This standard of achievement is called the Stone of Philosophers in the Western Hermetic tradition. And what do we mean by emptiness again? It is represented by the center of the cross and the swastika in Christianity, the central concept at the center of the Wheel of the Universe, from which everything flows and to which everything returns; the center that is everywhere and nowhere.

Does truth have a relationship with emptiness? All the time, reality moves. It constantly shifts and is transformed by our individual ego's perception and experiences. As it brings the requisite changes and interpretations that we all need to express ourselves, truth is part of life. However, with the incessant changes that we all require, with the transformation of consciousness, realities seem to alter. It can never be set, never be constant, but in time and space it remains constrained.

Truth is as fluid as water, as ephemeral as air, and can therefore never be rooted, anchored or possessed in itself, because it contains nothing but shifting appearances. Because reality is so obviously a projection of our own perception of something, emptiness is devoid of reality.

Nevertheless, because the letters of the alphabet are "tools" for creating and reading the written word, realities are the instruments used by our psyche to perceive and comprehend the world around it. Our psyche translates and perceives realities as symbols, but because in a world of duality, this phase of reading and interpreting realities takes place, then realities belong to the ego world that interprets and understands them. Therefore, existence has nothing to do with the degree of consciousness called the Void or the Emptiness, because there are no appearances in the Void.

Emptiness describes a state of mind, an inner level of consciousness based on the renunciation, beyond all awareness or lack of understanding, of what one considers to be true. Therefore, emptiness is a higher level of the mind, an attunement to "nothing," i.e. to the Pure Being that has no reflection at all. This is the revelation that a spiritual man's abstract or higher mind gets. He is called "spiritual" because his mind, or the Unseen Creator, is free and in harmony with the whole of life. Such a man is thus empty of a personal "interpretation" and is in contact with the spiritual world. A new one opens up before him as he manifests the realm of spirit inside him, giving him a new view of life. A holy man is at heart a mystic, and his mind represents the mind of the Pure Being. His mind and thought patterns, therefore, are enlightened.

And, because this transformation comes from the root of all knowledge, the gates of Divine Wisdom are opened automatically for him. Unless it is the feeling of profound compassion for all living beings, such a man is incapable of personal feelings or opinions.

It is difficult to describe, referring to the question of what we mean by emptiness, since it reflects a purified level of consciousness in which things and beings are seen as transient realities. Thus, we may conclude that the root of being is emptiness in itself, and therefore formless. However, because it is the root of being, all realities are nevertheless nurtured by it. We might suggest, symbolically, that emptiness is the dark womb of life.

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