The void that we dispense our emotions (ideas, beliefs, principles, wishes, general musings, etc all apply as well) is sometimes limitless but almost always appears to be finite. This is the paradox of the human disposition. This is what gives us the strength to get up in the morning – even when by all accounts the alternative is a much more comfortable and desirable position.

The void does not appear to be a void but rather a pool of radiance that can manifest itself in to whatever we wish it to become. The pool is fluid and complex. The pool has qualities that we can not fully grasp. This makes the pool pleasant, soothing and enticing to us. This is why we fling our baggage in to it – sometimes with great psychological effort.

Fortunately or not, for that is yet to be determined, it does not always react the way we expect it to. Sometimes it doesn’t react at all and other times it really gives us a shock. This isn’t a complete surprise however as we always know, or at least should, that there is a chance that what we are hoping and projecting the pool (or void) to be is not actually so. Perhaps it is a possibility but it is definitely not a definite for if it were definite there would be no hesitation in engaging it. There would be no reason to think twice before taking the leap in to the unknown. This uncertainty is what keeps the pool from becoming a void. A void would be undesirable, unpleasant and wholeheartedly detrimental to our well-being. The pool on the other hand keeps us refreshed and energized.

The problem is that if we stop for a moment and look in to the pool with more than a passing glance it is easy to see that it is really not what it appears. This is also an intentional “design element” of the pool. For if one is to become obsessed with the fact that the pool isn’t a pool then one can become permanently lost in life’s insignificance. That is a choice, or at least an option (willfully chosen or not).

The solution is to keep this fact in the back of one’s mind but to never let it rule one’s actions for there is no way to actually know with any true first-hand certainty if the pool is really a void or if, indeed, it has a bottom (cushion?) that can absorb the self indulgences we cast off in to it with every waking breath.