Thursday, August 04, 2005

Finding the Joy in Nothingness

Life is full of voids in time. I prefer the word ‘void’ for various reasons. One, it is ambiguous and two, it resonates after you say it. But what is a ‘void’ really? After doing a quick Yahoo Dictionary search I came up with these key phrases and words:

Containing no matter; empty.
Not occupied; unfilled
Completely lacking; devoid
An empty space

True, a void can contain those sentiments. But it can also be an empty space filled with the joy of nothing. Because within nothing I get a chance to know myself a bit more. Voids are full of alone time. So what can I do to occupy the void besides trying to get out of it? Well, I could do something like write a few nonsensical words on an internet Blog. Or I could go for a walk and think about how the nothingness can overtake me. Or I could just do what the void wants to do and sit there in an empty space trying to contain no matter.

That is physically impossible of course. Nobody has the ability to contain no matter. We are, therefore we contain. But is it possible for a brain, or even deeper, our souls to contain no matter; to be unfilled and completely lacking?

No, I don’t think so. I think that just thinking about not thinking about it is in itself fulfilling the empty space. So what to do with such a quandary?

Well, what I have come up with is this. I must find joy in nothingness. If I were to douse myself with the predictability of pessimism I would enter dark voids. And voids don’t have to be dark. There is a joy in nothing. There is something to be said of time off from the reality of reality. I assume that those who seek transcendental mediation are on to the same thing. Within nothing I am providing my soul with the chance to see things that were once unseen. To hold onto those things and keep them for the period after the void is of utmost importance.

If I take nothing from nothing then it becomes dark. It’s not dark now. It can be. It has been before. I am not talking in code. I am sounding off. I am purging to an audience of one or none.

It doesn’t matter. What matters is that we all have something to say; even we see it as infantile or irrelevant. If it is in your brain, get it out of there. And if you want to stay in a void, go ahead. Just be conscious of the darkness and allow yourself to see the joy in nothingness.

12 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

I read it.

10:11 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

HOWEVER...what I think is that your blog sounds if anything, like you're sad. I totally admire you that you're able to work on yourself in the face of feeling void through nothingness. AND that you're finding joy by doing so...but you expect parties close to the source to belive that? It's a proven fact that among our circles we all think way too much and fixate on thoughts that get ahead of ourselves and cause anxiety. Sometimes being occupied and moving ahead can curb that feeling. So part of finding joy in nothingness is my debate...I respectfully disagree.

10:27 AM  
Blogger DeesKnees said...

No,
there is joy in nothing. People take too much stuck in daily life. Every time we go through a void we can learn something about ourselves and attain some growth.

It's all a good thing.

There are no lies here.

Dee

12:09 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

oh, okay kool.

1:17 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

*yawn* Oh....did you actually say something?

11:10 AM  
Blogger DeesKnees said...

Yeah,
I had a few things to say. I usually do.

Though the part I said about growth might have been reaching.

Late,
Dee

2:16 PM  
Blogger DeesKnees said...

They've begun spamming blogs now.

What is next?

4:33 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Deep man deep.

I think we could all use some time away from the hustle and bustle. I just came back from Bar Harbor Maine and it was quite enjoyable to go for a run by myself and just enjoy the scenery. It is very tame entertainment by today’s standards. We have so much to do, yet we still get board, even with TV and the internet. If it isn’t that we are probably going somewhere where the entertainment is provided for us, perhaps a club, or the movies. Some people get tired of just sitting around the house all day doing noting. Not me, I am tired of all the noise. Frankly I am annoyed by it all, and I just want to be left alone so I can have some peace and quiet. If I so choose I may use that time to either think about something, or perhaps nothing. It would be nice to have a chance to decide.

Nice to see you posting again.

6:28 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

It's time for a new blog, Dee.

7:05 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

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9:38 AM  
Blogger DeesKnees said...

Patience is a Virtue.

Those who wait will attain great fortune.

Dee

11:24 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Fortune cookie sayings are never good in blogs.

10:46 PM  

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