From Silence . . . Sound
From Stillness . . . Flow
From Emptiness . . . Form
OK. Time for a pop quiz: If it were possible to remove all the “empty space” from your body, the actual physical matter that remained would fit:
A. Inside a bread box.
B. In a wine glass.
C. On the head of a pin.
D. Inside an amoeba.
Here’s a hint. Think small. Really small. No, even smaller than that. Think down to the subatomic structure of your body: Protons and Neutrons, Quarks and Gluons. When you get down to that level of matter, the relative space between the actual, physical “stuff” is so vast that if it were possible to somehow remove it all, what remains would fit comfortably on the head of a pin. In fact, quantum physicists have determined that all “physical” matter, whether a human body or a hunk of granite, is 99.9% empty space!
I don’t know about you, but I find that a bit mind boggling. That means that most of what makes up this body of mine is simply empty space. Nothing.
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