‘The true meaning of emptiness in Buddhism has been misunderstood for so many years as nothingness, or void. But if we have understood that Buddhism is a realistic philosophy, it is impossible for us to understand emptiness like that. In Buddhism emptiness is just “as it is.” A cup is a cup. A cup never more than cup, or a cup is never less than cup.’ (from Hardcore Zen)
I would go on to suggest that you are you. You are never more than you, or less than you. How does that sound? Does that sound like emptiness?
Shundo David Haye 