It is because you actually can’t see things as empty. You don’t have to repress your desire such as like and dislike. The harder you try to contain it the more you are swayed by it, because it is your being deluded by illusions. When all things are empty, not only what you like and dislike but also your being swayed by them is also empty.
Saying that all things are empty is one thing, and seeing them as empty is another. When you can see things as they are, that is, when you see what you like and dislike as empty, your being swayed by them will die spontaneously without effort.
©Boo Ahm
All writing ©Boo Ahm. All images ©Simon Hathaway
Zen Fools 
Eastern nomenclature often creates conflict (resistance) in the western-wired brain
Illusion
Empty
…two most often offenders, but there are many. Even intended meaning (seems to) varies between “teachers”. Ironically, it takes realization (by Grace) to grok that which lessons attempted to explain.
Finger pointing to the moon
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