A bottle of water filled to the last drop: full of water, filled to the brim, and empty of the air it contained when it was full of air and empty of water.
Full and empty of words: the same reality: emptiness is fullness, and fullness is emptiness.
A bottle of water filled to the last drop: full of water, filled to the brim, and empty of the air it contained when it was full of air and empty of water.
Full and empty of words: the same reality: emptiness is fullness, and fullness is emptiness.
Interesting. I remember my father once opened a cupboard, looked inside and announced « That’s full of nothing. »
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That s funny.
Ans deeply taoist, too.
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The author was John of the Cross
But you certainly knew it.
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(Sorry that was reacting to another comment you wrote elsewhere…)
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I’m so lost…
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« Bewildered » or even « befuddled » might be the better term…!
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