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Buddhism talks about Emptiness, the realisation of Emptiness. It took me some time to grasp this principle because it does not square with all the imagery as we have constructed it in the Western world. What exactly is Emptiness and when do you talk about Emptiness? Emptiness, for example, has to do with our opinion about things, our judgement. We judge all the time, all the time we think something about something. But what we think, does someone else think the same? That maths teacher, what an incredible jerk he is. My father is the sweetest dad in the whole world. Are we talking about the same person here? Why not! Because the teacher is a loving family father, caring and patient with his children. This is Emptiness! Our