Form is Emptiness
, Essen
, May 2010
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This corner is not empty. How can a corner be empty? It still contains air. To be precise, we must say the corner is empty of. In a vacuum it would still contain space and light as well as its own substance. From a physical point of view, the corner is always full of something.
Yet, really this corner is emptiness. It is devoid of any inherent character as it depends on other external circumstances. The wall is not the corner, the floor is not the corner, the ceiling is not the corner even the emptiness does not imply cornerness on its own. This emptiness again is defined by the tables not being in the corner. All these aspects together make this empty corner; If they all exist simultaneously the mind does impute cornerness round the empty space until the combined perception is disrupted. Its physical essence remains elusive. This corner is emptiness
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