My “Emptiness” has now allowed me to see and See Truly.

Hello world. The following was written 12/03/2016.

A brother asks, “EMPTINESS. Yesterday on facebook I saw a statement of a famous teacher saying that Emptiness sees. How can Emptiness see ? That is the question. Emptiness cannot see. Are we Emptiness not at all . I say it is Something-ness that sees. For me personally there is no such thing as Emptiness Shunyata at all . Except for say the empty vessel. We can use the word emptiness there. There is Something ness within us. . To find out what that is is the core objective of religion.”

I was guided to share what my understandings were of the question with an example.

My response, “When I read your words brother I get an impression or understanding of the “Emptiness” seeing meaning. When I let go all I think I know I believe to be truth, I am left with an emptiness or blank slate with which a new understanding may be placed. An understanding cleared of any misconceptions I may have been holding forth as being the truth and as defining myself, my brothers, and the world.

When I let go of all I thought was truth I am able to then accept the Truth in its place. My “Emptiness” has now allowed me to see and See Truly.

An example of this letting go would be my looking within at the judgments I was holding forth against those who raped and molested me as a child. Because I chose to believe the judgments being handed to me by the adults around me, I then chose to judge…