What is the difference between fullness and emptiness?
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"Fullness and emptiness are two sides of the same coin; in the absence of the ego and worldly illusions, what remains is the blissful essence of being."
According to Osho, fullness and emptiness name the same ultimate experience from different angles: when the miseries, anxieties and falsities of the world disappear, it looks like nothingness; what remains is felt as fullness—bliss, light, presence, essential reality. It is empty of the world and ego, yet full of God/being. Buddha preferred the term emptiness to prevent the ego from turning fullness into a goal.
They’re the same thing: when all the fake, heavy stuff drops away it seems empty, but what’s left is a quiet, shining fullness.
Why this matters practically
- Stop chasing grand spiritual highs; relax into letting go of ego and falseness.
- In meditation, don’t fear emptiness—recognize it as a sign of real presence.
- Avoid making spirituality an ego goal; focus on dissolving the I.
- In meditation, don’t fear emptiness—recognize it as a sign of real presence.
- Avoid making spirituality an ego goal; focus on dissolving the I.
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