We become aware of the void as we fill it.
Interpretation
Awareness of emptiness arises as we strive to fulfill it.
This quote suggests that as we attempt to fill the emptiness in our lives—whether through experiences, relationships, or achievements—we become more conscious of that emptiness itself. It speaks to the human condition, where the pursuit of meaning and fulfillment often highlights the gaps in our existence, making us aware of what we lack even as we seek to overcome it.
In practice
In a motivational speech about personal growth and recognizing our struggles.
Chess is a unique battlefield for human minds and computers - human intuition, our creativity, fantasy, our logic, versus the brute force of calculation and a very small portion of accumulated knowledge infused by other human beings. So in chess we can compare these two incompatible things and probably make projections into our future. Is there danger that the human mind will be overshadowed by the power of computers, or we can still survive?
In dark ages people are best guided by religion, as in a pitch-black night a blind man is the best guide; he knows the roads and paths better than a man who can see. When daylight comes, however, it is foolish to use blind, old men as guides.
It is not within the character of a believer to curse, to damn, to speak or act improperly.
We are much beholden to Machiavel and others, that write what men do, and not what they ought to do.
All will come through, not a single soul (jiva) shall be lost.
The average Christian is so cold and so contented with His wretched condition that there is no vacuum of desire into which the blessed Spirit can rush in satisfying fullness.
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