The Zen of Advaita - Stephen H. Wolinsky Ph. D.

Wave-Station Ten:Identification with theEmptiness with a big “E”.As the consciousness isapprehended as a temporary state,the subtle side of consciousnessreferred to as Emptiness appears.Buddhism takes us into theemptiness with a big “E”. However,emptiness is consciousness,consciousness is emptiness, andas such is part of the illusion.The Emptiness is still a “known”and as such it carries with itthe elusive trap of a “knower”.It is the knower that knows theno “I” or Emptiness and with itthe perception of the Emptiness.The knower of the Emptiness theexperiencer of the Emptiness isemptiness.However the emptiness is notemptiness, it is a perceptioncalled emptiness. Emptiness isempty of emptiness without aknower.Zen Story: A man goes to a ZenMaster and says, ”My friend isalways in the emptiness, what149