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What happens when I feel empty and cry?

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"When you feel empty and cry, remember that true emptiness is not a void but a space for love and meditation; embrace it fully, and you will discover the bliss of existence itself."

According to Osho, when emptiness makes you cry, it’s a negative, lonely absence born of frustration; the mind uses tears and the hope of "what next" to patch it. Drop this negativity by meditating and loving without expectations. Then emptiness turns positive: content, present, futureless, so full it feels like being itself—existence, consciousness, bliss. Open totally and let it drown you.
If emptiness makes you cry, it's the lonely kind; stop chasing fixes and instead meditate and love without expecting results, and it will soften into a peaceful, full presence.
Why this matters practically
- Helps you spot negative emptiness and the mind's urge to fill it with future plans or tears.
- Offers a practical shift: meditate and love for their own sake, not for outcomes.
- Cultivates contentment and presence now, reducing anxiety and compulsive seeking.
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