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Why is emptyness, so painfull..

And i dont mean this in a " You cant prove a negative type of sense"...

asked Sep 26 '12 at 18:22

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Is the question about "nothing", "emptiness", or is it really about "hopelessness" as in:

Nothing in the world is going my way. I can't succeed. It's such a terrible place to live, etc.

(Sep 26 '12 at 20:27) Humbug Humbug's gravatar image

A cricket is symbol of nothing, at night. Is nothing a question without a anwser. the first one

(Sep 27 '12 at 00:41) Twilightseed Twilightseed's gravatar image

The question is improper. Your question, in essence, presupposes existence through the usage of "is." The word "nothing," however, means non-existence--it is a negation of existence. Therefore, "nothing" can't "be."

(Sep 28 '12 at 17:30) user890 user890's gravatar image
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This question is actually two questions.

What is nothing?

The question and comments answer this. Nothing is not an existent; it is the absence of existents. It is emptiness, as the question itself seems to imply.

Why is emptiness painful?

Valuing is the essence of living. If emptiness means absence of values, it effectively means lifelessness, the opposite of living. Pain is a signal of harm to one's life. (Even when done intentionally, as a means of toughening oneself for greater challenges in the future, pain still must be heeded appropriately to avert serious damage to one's life.)

(Sorry, I didn't understand the point about the cricket. If it's chirping, it's not nothing. The sound is real, as is the entity producing it.)

answered Sep 28 '12 at 23:58

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Crickets chirp when there is no danger at night. So for me a cricket symbolizes nothing.

(Sep 29 '12 at 19:27) Twilightseed Twilightseed's gravatar image

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