{"id":517,"date":"2008-07-07T16:38:00","date_gmt":"2008-07-07T16:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/americanbuddhist\/2008\/07\/into-emptiness\/"},"modified":"2008-07-07T16:38:00","modified_gmt":"2008-07-07T16:38:00","slug":"into-emptiness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/americanbuddhist\/2008\/07\/into-emptiness.html","title":{"rendered":"Into Emptiness"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>
<\/a>\n

\"\"<\/a>Sunset in Bozeman at the Royal 7<\/span><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

<\/span><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

Into Emptiness<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Sensitive souls
Fall so
Freely
Into Emptiness<\/p>\n

Into Love
And Loss<\/p>\n

Missing
Desiring
Longing
For her<\/p>\n

To fill
Emptiness
This fool\u2019s errand<\/p>\n

What the wise ones know
I suppose
Is that there is no filling
The Emptiness<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Sevens dance in Missoula lights as Fireworks burst<\/span><\/div>\n

Only befriending it
Accepting
That alone
Is the warrior\u2019s Home<\/p>\n

The abode
To share with others
Many windows
Many doors<\/p>\n

Open
Flowing freely
Alone
With Grace<\/p>\n

In Love
With Life
Itself<\/p>\n

\n
Enough.<\/div>\n

\"\"<\/a>A blue Heron Flies over Missoula\u2019s Mount Sentinel<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

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Sunset in Bozeman at the Royal 7 Into Emptiness Sensitive soulsFall soFreelyInto Emptiness Into LoveAnd Loss MissingDesiringLongingFor her To fillEmptinessThis fool\u2019s errand What the wise ones knowI supposeIs that there is no fillingThe Emptiness Sevens dance in Missoula lights as Fireworks burst Only befriending itAcceptingThat aloneIs the warrior\u2019s Home The abodeTo share with othersMany windowsMany […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":118,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-517","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\nInto Emptiness<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Sunset in Bozeman at the Royal 7Into EmptinessSensitive soulsFall soFreelyInto EmptinessInto LoveAnd LossMissingDesiringLongingFor herTo fillEmptinessThis\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/americanbuddhist\/2008\/07\/into-emptiness.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Into Emptiness\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Sunset in Bozeman at the Royal 7Into EmptinessSensitive soulsFall soFreelyInto EmptinessInto LoveAnd LossMissingDesiringLongingFor herTo fillEmptinessThis\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/americanbuddhist\/2008\/07\/into-emptiness.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"American Buddhist Perspectives\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2008-07-07T16:38:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_fyeYpxfdjuI\/SHI6aftzrsI\/AAAAAAAAAIc\/3VP__DWeQaU\/s320\/06-29-08+Sunset+over+Bozeman.JPG\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Justin Whitaker\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Justin Whitaker\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/americanbuddhist\/2008\/07\/into-emptiness.html\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/americanbuddhist\/2008\/07\/into-emptiness.html\",\"name\":\"Into Emptiness\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/americanbuddhist\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2008-07-07T16:38:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2008-07-07T16:38:00+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/americanbuddhist\/#\/schema\/person\/abfb8f851f671638c4c7536b963f9da9\"},\"description\":\"Sunset in Bozeman at the Royal 7Into EmptinessSensitive soulsFall soFreelyInto EmptinessInto LoveAnd LossMissingDesiringLongingFor herTo fillEmptinessThis\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/americanbuddhist\/2008\/07\/into-emptiness.html#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/americanbuddhist\/2008\/07\/into-emptiness.html\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/americanbuddhist\/2008\/07\/into-emptiness.html#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/americanbuddhist\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Into Emptiness\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/americanbuddhist\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/americanbuddhist\/\",\"name\":\"American Buddhist Perspectives\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/americanbuddhist\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/americanbuddhist\/#\/schema\/person\/abfb8f851f671638c4c7536b963f9da9\",\"name\":\"Justin Whitaker\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/americanbuddhist\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/817b6fba8ae056aaff4f9bdc84347d72?s=96&d=identicon&r=pg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/817b6fba8ae056aaff4f9bdc84347d72?s=96&d=identicon&r=pg\",\"caption\":\"Justin Whitaker\"},\"description\":\"I am an almost-life-long Montanan; a baptized Catholic; an ardent Atheist; a practicing Buddhist; a lover of Wisdom. 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