' Emptiness '...

My take is that "emptiness", (what is called "Shunyata" in the Buddhist teachings), is probably better translated as "unconditional openness"....or perhaps "spaciousness". The short 2 word phrase, "unconditional openness" better communicates the essential nature of this reality for me. And that is really just another name for love!

The true "emptiness" of Shunyata is really anything but empty in the normal english sense of that word imho and experience....So ultimately, I see no difference between love and what is often called "emptiness" in spiritual teachings. Perhaps the Heart Sutra's "Form is emptiness and emptiness is form" is kind of pointing here.


-Francis Fran Bennett