Empty? Full? Part 2

The Lord continued,"Look deeply into the bowl and you'll see that it is empty and full at the same time."

Disciples asked,"Lord, will you explain further to us what you mean when you said it is both empty and full?"

Lord,"When i said that it is empty, i mean the bowl is empty of a separate self. It is not independent of all other phenomena. It is non-self. When i said it is full, it means it is full of the all other conditions that arisen in order for the bowl to exist here and now in this very moment. It is inter-being"

"If we look deeply, we can see the entire universe within the bowl. The potter and his skill, water, clay and fire made it possible for this bowl to arise. Even our awareness of the bowl lies within, if not how can the bowl exists to us? It cannot. Thus looking deeply, we can see the entire universe within. The presence of one phenomena implies the presence of all phenomenas. Such is the law of interdependent arising."

"Simply said, this is because that is, that is because this is."

There is so much of you in me and there is so much of me in you. Within all of us lies the entire universe. Any lesser, neither you or me can be here in this very moment. Not any of the wonders of this world or the people we loved so much could not have so much existed here and now. Knowing such, how can we not say hello and smile a little smile to all those that we hold dear? I'm smiling as i typed these very words. Are you smiling, my friend? =)

Haha, on a playful note ~ if you watched Madagascar, skipper says," Just smile and wave, boys. Smile and wave." =)