Explaining Emptiness

بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ 

Lao Tzu wrote, as found in the Tao Te Ching: 

“We join spokes together in a wheel,

but it is the center hole

that makes the wagon move. 

We shape clay into a pot,

but it is the emptiness inside

that holds whatever we want. 

We hammer wood for a house,

but it is the inner space

that makes it livable.

We work with being,

but non-being is what we use.”