An Empty Entry

Emptiness...

Purity in emptiness. In the blackness of space. The void of whiteness. What is there in emptiness?

Is the black hole empty? Are the skies empty? Is an empty jar empty? If to be empty is to have nothing inside, then an empty jar filled with air is not empty, is it? A black hole, whose heart is an intense dense mass, couldn't possibly be empty when it's so full of matter, could it?

In space. they say it is empty. But what if you take into account the fact that within that empty vastness, you consider the existence of rays of light? The microscopic rays of the sun that fleet through the vastness of space, invisible to our eyes. The rays of light that travel great distances to reach our eyes from the furthest of stars. Do they not occupy that empty space?

Indeed, when a place is said to be empty, it could mean that it is devoid of life. But is lack of life a good sign of emptiness? What of bacteria or plants? Or living organisms other than human or animals? If these are the only things existent on an island, is that island empty?

Perhaps it's merely a comparison. A jar is empty because it can still be filled. An island is empty because there's still space for people to live in. So emptiness is not absolute void. Void. It is nonexistent. For a total an absolute emptiness, is not humanly feasible. The mind could never comprehend such an idea. Emptiness

When looked in this light, emptiness is an impossibility. Perhaps, to find emptiness, one need only be incapable of seeing what is inside.

Take for example a dark room. If one is thrown inside a dark cell filled with furniture. If one did not move around to feel the furniture and one could not see anything beyond one's nose, one would consider the room empty. True?

A jar is empty because it holds nothing in it. You do not see the air in the jar, thus it is not there. In a translucent jar, the light that runs through the jar does not occupy that very space. Is it empty?

On the other hand, take an opaque jar and suck all the air out of it. Now, it is devoid of light and air. In that black darkness, is that emptiness? Is that empty space?

Lack of purpose? Lack of content? Occupiable space? What is empty to you?