Nothingness

Looking up at a dark sky there is a seemingly unknown scale of the infinite. As far as you can see the stars and galaxies expand to fill the void of space. As far as we cannot see, not even with the best telescopes, the universe keeps going. In this void of space, there is so much empty space. Between all the stars, galaxies, planets, asteroids, and comets, there is nothingness. Nothingness can be scary. It is the unknown but at the same time is simply nothing. Nothingness is an almost state of being where nothing matters because there is nothing there. In our own lives, we can aim to replicate this empty void state to find mental boosts that will carry us through the rest of our lives.

How many times do thoughts keep you up at night? Times when your body feels tired but your mind is racing with endless possibilities, endless things you should have said, endless scenarios that should have gone differently, and excitement about what is to come. In these moments all you want to do is turn it all off. You need sleep but your mind does not want you to drift off into the doze you crave. Nothingness is the state of being you want to be in during these moments. You want a blank mind, a clean slate. You want all the thoughts to freeze. You want a state of nothingness.

Turning off the thoughts and escaping into the void of the nothingness is not easy. There takes a certain level of comfort with who you are and how you feel about yourself. It sometimes takes breathwork and a full focus on feeling your body in the present moment. When nothing else matters but the “now,” everything else will slip away. The something becomes the nothing. You are able to turn it all off when you give yourself up to the idea that you do not need to be constantly charged up and active. Be nothing. Accept nothing.

Time in a state and feeling of emptiness, of nothingness is not time to be avoided. It is time to be frequented and used for your benefit. The ability to turn it all off and slip into a state of dead calm is a powerful ability. In the nothingness, you will find the power and the solutions for what you want to do in your life.