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Many People Are Afraid Of Emptiness, However, Because It Reminds Them Of Loneliness. Everything Has To Be Filled In, It Seems-appointment Books, Hillsides, Vacant Lots-but When All The Spaces Are Filled, The Loneliness Really Begins. Then The Groups Are Joined, The Classes Are Signed Up For, And The Gift-to-yourself Items Are Bought. When The Loneliness Starts Creeping In The Door, The Television Set Is Turned On To Make It Go Away. But It Doesn't Go Away. So Some Of Us Do Instead, And After Discarding The Emptiness Of The Big Congested Mess, We Discover The Fullness Of Nothing.

Everything Has Its Own Place And Function. That Applies To People, Although Many Don't Seem To Realize It, Stuck As They Are In The Wrong Job, The Wrong Marriage, Or The Wrong House. When You Know And Respect Your Inner Nature, You Know Where You Belong. You Also Know Where You Don't Belong.

Eeyore Religion Says That The Earth Isn't Worth Saving, Anyway, And That When It Comes To An End, The Faithful Will Be Transported Instantly To Heaven. No Problem. We'd Like To See Them Explain Things To Saint Peter At The Gate, When He Asks Them What They Did With The World That God Entrusted To Them. That Might Get A Bit Sticky.

To Buddha, The Second Figure In The Painting, Life On Earth Was Bitter, Filled With Attachments And Desires That Led To Suffering.

But Isn't The Knowledge That Comes From Experience More Valuable Than The Knowledge That Doesn't? It Seems Fairly Obvious To Some Of Us That A Lot Of Scholars Need To Go Outside And Sniff Around - Walk Through The Grass, Talk To The Animals. That Sort Of Thing.