Form occludes emptiness.
Yet no great harm done.

Window of opportunity passes.
A chance for a new arises.

Nothing lost. Nothing gained.
Despite form, emptiness sustained.

Carry wood, chop water.
Celebrate. Stay silent.
All the same.

I know what to choose.
Yet no great harm if I don’t choose it.
Despite form, emptiness sustained.

If all is empty.
If all is the same.
I may just be functional.
Yet no great harm if not done.

If all is empty.
If all is the same.
I may just do what I want to.
That too is no great sin.

If there is no sin.
If there is no pain.
What guides my action?
Yet I act.

Even in emptiness lies conditioning.
The emptiness is alongside conditioning.
The emptiness meets conditioning.
The emptiness kisses conditioning.
The emptiness does not destroy conditioning.
The emptiness does not want to destroy conditioning.

The emptiness’ job is not to destroy conditioning but to precisely do nothing.

In doing nothing, much happens.

Do nothing, and much happens.
Yet if I do, no great harm happens.
Emptiness just because I forget does not stop existing.

Emptiness may be returned to
it may exist even when not noticed.
This emptiness belongs to the unconscious mind.
The conscious mind need pay no heed.
The conscious mind shrinks and shrinks.
More is subsumed, or perhaps it is awareness that grows.
Tough to say. Maybe both.

This will be my one great thread.
With zero likes, forever mine.
This will be a precious thread.
If I ever do read it again.