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Somehow rediscovering the 常道

無名天地之始有名萬物之母

If you can concentrate on your body as void (शून्यत śūnyata) or space and transcend all thoughts, even for a moment, your mind will be liberated and will take on the form of that void. It is important to note that you do not have to concentrate for hours and hours to experience this state. Even if you focus the mind for just a moment, it is enough to give you the experience of a heightened state of awareness.

(cf. विज्ञानभैरव Vijñānabhairava verse 46, विज्ञान भैरव तन्त्र, Vijñāna Bhairava Tantra)

शून्यत śūnyata, Alex Grey

The sutras often use the word "great void" to explain the significance of शून्यत Śūnyata, “void”. In general, the "great void" is understood as something that contains absolutely nothing. However, from a Buddhist perspective, the nature of the "great void" implies something which does not obstruct other things, in which all matters perform their own functions. Materials are form, which by their nature, imply obstruction. The special characteristic of the "great void" is non-obstruction. Therefore, the "great void" does not serve as an obstacle to them. Since the "great void" exhibits no obstructive tendencies, it serves as the foundation for the matter to function. In other words, if there was no "great void" nor characteristic of non-obstruction, it would be impossible for the material world to exist and function.

The "great void" is not separated from the material world. The latter depends on the former. The profound significance of शून्यत Śūnyata and nature in Buddhism highlights the "great void’s" non-obstructive nature.

शून्यत Śūnyata does not imply the "great void". Instead, it is the foundation of all phenomena (form and mind). It is the true nature of all phenomena, and it is the basic principle of all existence. In other words, if the universe’s existence was not empty nor impermanent, then all resulting phenomena could not have arisen due to the co-existence of various causes and there would be no rising nor falling. The nature of शून्यत Śūnyata is of positive significance.

Calmness and extinction are the opposite of rising and falling. They are another way to express that there is no rising and falling. Rising and falling are the common characteristics of worldly existence. All phenomena are always in the cycle of rising and falling. However, most people concentrate on living (rising). They think that the universe and life are the reality of continuous existence.