Our Empty Nature
Form is Emptiness, Emptiness is Form.
That's what the Heart Sutra said. Emptiness is all, from the very beginning.
We have to dig through and penetrate all of our delusions to really get at the truth of things. We have to put down our baggage and habitual thought patterns. We have to let go of who we thought we were. Because that's not who we are.
Only then can we dwell in our true nature, which is emptiness.
Our true nature isn't our history; we aren't what happened to us.
Our true nature isn't our weaknesses; we aren't defined by our flaws.
Our true nature isn't the circumstances of our birth; we aren't defined by our heritage, status, or nationality.
Our true nature is emptiness, the source of all things, a vast field of boundless possibility that transcends all of the dualistic filters through which we see the world.
When we sit and develop awareness: settling our thoughts, stilling the mind, we can dwell in wonder and wakefulness. We can engage our true nature right now.