A. Emptiness is not void but being both existent and non-existent at the same time, as it were, before division into ‘being existent’ and ‘being non-existent’. That is a state or an appearance without any imaginary lines. When asked what emptiness is like, some masters would say that it is full and others that it is active. All you can feel is emptiness. Even your body is emptiness. There is nothing that is not empty. If you follow emptiness, you will forsake it.
Student: “What is emptiness?”
Master: “Don’t forsake it.”
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Zen Fools 
It’s always there.
But it’s impossible to keep it or throw it away.
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