The Myth of Fulfillment
We are addicted to filling up every single space we encounter.
We are addicted to fulfillment, to the eradication of all emptiness.
The myth of fulfillment makes us miss the most beautiful aspect of our human souls: our emptiness, our incompleteness, our radical yearning for love. We were never meant to be completely fulfilled; we were meant to taste it, to long for it, and to grow toward it. In this way we participate in love becoming life, life becoming love. To miss our emptiness is, finally, to miss our hope.
Source: Gerald May, The Awakened Heart
Such a beautiful point. Thanks for posting it. There can be such peace and spaciousness in emptiness if we allow it.
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