This teaching touches something so intimate yet often overlooked: the recognition that emptiness is not a lack but the source of all fullness. We speak of awareness as "empty," yet this emptiness is not a void; it is the ground of all possibility, where the richness of existence arises. Our suffering stems not from what thoughts contain but from forgetting the luminous substance that underlies them. Awareness, like space, is not shaped by what passes through it; it remains untouched, whole, and free. To truly see this is to remember that the fullness we seek in objects, achievements, or even thoughts has always been the unshakable fullness of our being. In this recognition, emptiness and fullness collapse into one radiant simplicity and reveal a peace that was never lost, only obscured.
Absolutely. Full space is a more helpful term than empty space. All is infinite space/energy, but we are conditioned to see "objects" and ignore the energy in the space that is here right now around us. We are like the two fish in the ocean - one says to the other "I've been swimming around all day looking and looking but I still can't see any of this water-stuff you keep talking about.”
@@phk2000 The proclivity to focus on objects is an innate survival mechanism, evolved from the development of the prefrontal cortex of our brains to protect our bodies and sense of self in society. Nothing is considered of no value in providing that.
This discussion reminds me of one of my favourite quotes: “Wisdom is knowing I am nothing, Love is knowing I am everything, and between the two my life moves.” Nisargadatta Maharaj
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🙏, this discussion opened my third eye. All the videos before this it was difficult to comprehend or envision what awareness is, but this changed everything 🙏. Realistion of self is in snap of a finger. 🙏
Rupert Spira 🙏 In the Teachings - Emptiness is not truly empty or nothing. There is 'somethingness' in the Emptiness or Nothingness. This 'somethingness' is formless, unfindable, undescribable by words/speech or inconceivable by the human mind or thoughts. The Lotus Sutra terms it as - the indestructible Buddha-nature of every or all living sentient beings. It neither comes nor goes, neither appears nor disappears. It's unborn & never dies, self existing timelessly. It is everywhere & yet nowhere, and pervades the entire Universe. 😊🙏🙇♂️🌷
To explain manifestation of emptiness one has to talk about dependent arising. All things and concepts are empty of an inherent nature because they arise in dependence on each other. World is like the witch’s brew:)
Thank you! It seems to me emptiness is a precondition of movement, unfolding the life, and at the same time emptiness is a sign of God's presence and His benevolence because without emptiness nothing and nobody can exist.
If awareness or consciousness is empty of love, then you haven't yet found yourself. It is through love alone that one is able to find oneself, and in doing so, one becomes one with God. Duality dissolves into non-duality.
The universe is infinite energy. The term "empty space" is totally incorrect and unhelpful. Space is completely full of ENERGY. As you sit in your living room the space in the living room is exactly the same space a billion light years away. If it wasn't you're be able to pinpoint where one but of space joined another - but of course that can't be done. This universal space/energy is the Absolute, The Totality, and it patterns and shapes to apparently take different forms but never is anything other than universal space/energy. When this is seen and FELT smiles and chuckles will arise and all will be peace, love, joy and happiness!
@@lizsypher9341 Of course not. There is nowhere and there is no-one. All is infinite space/energy sometimes appearing as "things" but never being anything other than that infinite space/energy.
@ Infinte/space/energy appears as what is called an object, but it is always infinite/space/energy. When you were a kid you went on the beach and built a sand castle. It appeared to be a castle but was only ever the beach. A wave appears on the ocean, but it is only ever the ocean appearing as a wave.
@@tjls123 Objects appear to exist but are only the Infinite/space/energy appearing as an object but never being anything other that the Infinite/Space/Energy.
What a burden it would be to carry emptiness with me, like the walls of a cave closing in, I do not reside with a hollow inside and was never without looking in.
@ You have missed it altogether. The non-local Guru is God. Turn inward to the only source of everything. Some call it meditation, some call it prayer. There is no you so why do you believe others who aren’t there either? That is the meaning of emptiness. No you, no me, just source of all. I present the lotus flower. Nothing else.
Waw... So strange to see south Asians ( Bangla, Indians, etc. whatever he is ) asking ideas about spirituality that sprung from their native area. I don't think he ever watched / studied native guru's / teachers.
If you feel empty then you are fool. (pun)ctuation and spelling feels the space, before we realize its a sentence. Jesus took up space in this sentence with us.
@tjls123according to scripture it is (pri)mary that gets to language. Our language has been controlled by our secondary language. We don't know how to live life without a sentence. When people speak of living life they refer to their sentences. This (pri)son is from the father not the mother.
This teaching touches something so intimate yet often overlooked: the recognition that emptiness is not a lack but the source of all fullness. We speak of awareness as "empty," yet this emptiness is not a void; it is the ground of all possibility, where the richness of existence arises. Our suffering stems not from what thoughts contain but from forgetting the luminous substance that underlies them. Awareness, like space, is not shaped by what passes through it; it remains untouched, whole, and free. To truly see this is to remember that the fullness we seek in objects, achievements, or even thoughts has always been the unshakable fullness of our being. In this recognition, emptiness and fullness collapse into one radiant simplicity and reveal a peace that was never lost, only obscured.
Absolutely. Full space is a more helpful term than empty space. All is infinite space/energy, but we are conditioned to see "objects" and ignore the energy in the space that is here right now around us. We are like the two fish in the ocean - one says to the other "I've been swimming around all day looking and looking but I still can't see any of this water-stuff you keep talking about.”
@@phk2000 The proclivity to focus on objects is an innate survival mechanism, evolved from the development of the prefrontal cortex of our brains to protect our bodies and sense of self in society. Nothing is considered of no value in providing that.
@@awakenotwoke7949 Which is of course the ONE infinite intelligence/energy appearing as an apparent ability to focus.
@@phk2000 Of course, and we are not separate from that ONE
@@awakenotwoke7949 👍🏻😀
This discussion reminds me of one of my favourite quotes:
“Wisdom is knowing I am nothing,
Love is knowing I am everything,
and between the two my life moves.”
Nisargadatta Maharaj
🙏, this discussion opened my third eye. All the videos before this it was difficult to comprehend or envision what awareness is, but this changed everything 🙏. Realistion of self is in snap of a finger. 🙏
Thank you Rupert & Mani 🙏🏽❤️
Beautifully explained Rupert ,I totally resonate with what you said . Love you sweetheart🥰❤
Awareness is full of Itself but entertains everyone ♥️
Damn !! The subtle difference between emptiness and fullness, and the last analogy !!
Ruperty always gives brilliant answers
Rupert Spira 🙏
In the Teachings - Emptiness is not truly empty or nothing. There is 'somethingness' in the Emptiness or Nothingness.
This 'somethingness' is formless, unfindable, undescribable by words/speech or inconceivable by the human mind or thoughts.
The Lotus Sutra terms it as - the indestructible Buddha-nature of every or all living sentient beings.
It neither comes nor goes, neither appears nor disappears. It's unborn & never dies, self existing timelessly.
It is everywhere & yet nowhere, and pervades the entire Universe. 😊🙏🙇♂️🌷
Really well explained once again ! 😊
To explain manifestation of emptiness one has to talk about dependent arising. All things and concepts are empty of an inherent nature because they arise in dependence on each other. World is like the witch’s brew:)
A touch difficult when we as toddlers our bodies and minds resonating residual memories... So asking I Am for help..:) Thank you
This explains that all is dream..we are empty..
That is not what he is explaining
❤❤❤🙏🙏🙏Thank you.
Mani! ❤
What?
Thank you Rupert 🙏🩵
He does it for money not for gratitude
Thank you! It seems to me emptiness is a precondition of movement, unfolding the life, and at the same time emptiness is a sign of God's presence and His benevolence because without emptiness nothing and nobody can exist.
If awareness or consciousness is empty of love, then you haven't yet found yourself. It is through love alone that one is able to find oneself, and in doing so, one becomes one with God. Duality dissolves into non-duality.
Does emptiness feel like you're everywhere and everything?
Also is realization of emptiness scary?
Rupert I can't experience nonduality anymore and i felt there's an outside world...whwt to do?
Merge with the divine. Only your love can take you there.
How?@@Roshan-q6n
brilliant
Interesting
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The universe is infinite energy. The term "empty space" is totally incorrect and unhelpful. Space is completely full of ENERGY. As you sit in your living room the space in the living room is exactly the same space a billion light years away. If it wasn't you're be able to pinpoint where one but of space joined another - but of course that can't be done. This universal space/energy is the Absolute, The Totality, and it patterns and shapes to apparently take different forms but never is anything other than universal space/energy. When this is seen and FELT smiles and chuckles will arise and all will be peace, love, joy and happiness!
You have also never gone anywhere
@@lizsypher9341 Of course not. There is nowhere and there is no-one. All is infinite space/energy sometimes appearing as "things" but never being anything other than that infinite space/energy.
Objects exist
@ Infinte/space/energy appears as what is called an object, but it is always infinite/space/energy. When you were a kid you went on the beach and built a sand castle. It appeared to be a castle but was only ever the beach. A wave appears on the ocean, but it is only ever the ocean appearing as a wave.
@@tjls123 Objects appear to exist but are only the Infinite/space/energy appearing as an object but never being anything other that the Infinite/Space/Energy.
What a burden it would be to carry emptiness with me, like the walls of a cave closing in, I do not reside with a hollow inside and was never without looking in.
i love you
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"Emptiness" is a Non-physical Entity, that can be experienced.....But can never be conceptulised or verbalised.
.... Advait Vedana.
He just spent almost 12 minutes verbalizing it
Please consult your non-local Guru.
Why not a local one?
@ Is the local one telling you the truth? Do you trust the parrot over the source?
@AKA_NobodyHome a local one to me is a non-local one to you. See my point?
@ You have missed it altogether. The non-local Guru is God. Turn inward to the only source of everything. Some call it meditation, some call it prayer. There is no you so why do you believe others who aren’t there either? That is the meaning of emptiness. No you, no me, just source of all. I present the lotus flower. Nothing else.
Emptiness is the absence of you and all of your ideas about me.
If there is no you and there's only me, then tell me who shall I play with? I don't want to live in a reality where there is only me.
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I am not sure that this is what Buddhism teaches about emptiness, especially if you are trying to make awareness into some sort of god principle.
How can a man find and have full space, emptiness, or awareness and stay in happiness without suffering ? Human has no way out. Relax and let go.
It's kind of like you can make out a form of objects around but it's also like you are looking into a bottomless pit.
What is the outer shell of the pit made of?
@@tjls123 nothing, it's like a hologram
Emptiness is, there is nobody home. AKA Nobody Home.
I think you misunderstood
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Where are you are seeing from and what you are seeing it is not even one.
Waw...
So strange to see south Asians ( Bangla, Indians, etc. whatever he is ) asking ideas about spirituality that sprung from their native area.
I don't think he ever watched / studied native guru's / teachers.
If you feel empty then you are fool. (pun)ctuation and spelling feels the space, before we realize its a sentence. Jesus took up space in this sentence with us.
What is your primary language?
@tjls123according to scripture it is (pri)mary that gets to language. Our language has been controlled by our secondary language. We don't know how to live life without a sentence. When people speak of living life they refer to their sentences. This (pri)son is from the father not the mother.
This is probably the biggest waste of time I've ever experienced. 12 minutes defining a word to somebody who doesn't understand English very well. Wow