Chapter 6

Chapter 6

The spirit of emptiness is immortal.
It is called the Great Mother
because it gives birth to Heaven and Earth.

It is like a vapor,
barely seen but always present.
Use it effortlessly.

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I am not sure how we can use emptiness. Is Lao Tzu indicating a perpetual motion machine?

Nietzsche notes that if we can murder God and thereby dethrone Him, this should be a source of happiness and not despair. Absence of absolute standards does not mean nihilism, but instead creation of a background upon which we can become supermen and make artworks of our lives. Derrida similarly notes that differance initiates infinite possibilities of word play and writing.

As such, instead of seeing an element of terror in vacancy and nothingness, we turn to its positive side and create some meaning out of it. This may be another way of practicing amor fati.