At the counter to pay for my groceries a girl behind me was talking to a friend.
She had done a search on Google on the philosophical question: What is the nothing?
After an afternoon of looking at the internet websites that Google gave her she was still not able to answer the question. Bystanders commented and these were the answers that were given:
- the nothing does not exist, everything is something.
- the nothing? Why would you be interested in nothing?
- the nothing is where the something can begin.
Nice, what is your take on the nothing?
It is so good to have you back. I was so happy to see your comment over on my blog, for which I do thank you.
What is nothing? Now this is a deep and thought provoking question.
Here is my thought on it. In a literal sense there is no such thing as nothing. For example a room can be totally empty but to say it has nothing in it would be incorrect even if it is just air in the room, there is something. I can be asked what am I thinking and I can reply nothing. Literally that is incorrect as thoughts always run through the mind. By saying I am thinking of nothing, it would be more accurate to say nothing of any importance.
I think the word nothing is relative to each individual person and the importance they place on anything. Realizing that what may truly be nothing to one may be of great importance to another.
Not sure if this makes any sense.
Glad you are back
Bill
perhaps we are all the nothing(ness) instead of we are all the buddha. so good to see you again; love the new banner
hey you! I like your take on the nothing.
RW
Having a laugh every day is kind of refreshing, hence the new banner