Introduction

This is a blog about Nothing. It delves into the deepness and mystery surrounding this phenomenon which is almost as mind-boggling as Eternity, or, in short, Something. It is here, not as fact, not as theory, not even as my philosophy on life, but merely as a recreational trip to the external limits of the mind. Or, as goes a favorite verse of mine:
The Sign of the Weasel is tunnel on tunnel,
enchantment on enchantment.
He digs beneath himself, and in digging
discovers all roads into nothing.
Burrow the dark until darkness unravels,
in dark the philosophers dance.

(From Weasel's Luck, by Michael Williams)

I feel that everything extends from nothing. Without nothing you cannot have anything, therefore, without nothing you have nothing. And that is the basis for this wispy strand of senselessness.

(Don't worry, if the following doesn't make sense to you, it doesn't make sense to me either.)

The opposite of Nothing

Nothing is an integral part in something. Nothing is, in fact, an integral part in everything. To explain this, let me set in on opposites. Without an opposite, nothing can exist. But Nothing cannot exist without an opposite either. So we have to have Something. But why can nothing exist without an opposite? Simple. Because in order for there to be something, there had to first be nothing. For example, heat. Why would heat matter if there was no such thing as cold. And vice-versa. The same can be said for light. Or for matter. Or for oxygen. We most definitely needed to have oxygen, and the absence of oxygen would be a great matter for everyone. Now, you might argue that these are all abstract things. That they have no bearing except for in our definitions. And while you may be right, you are wrong in the sense that these things, though rather minute in the important sense of the here and now, are still largely important in the grand scheme of life, the universe, and everything (in the words of the great and timeless Doug Adams). There is another odd fact about opposites. An opposite is similar to its opposite in only one way: they are opposites. It has nothing else in common with it. Sadly though, this statement, or string of statements, is untrue. For instance, light and dark. They have something in common besides that they are opposites. They are both a measure of, well, light. Or dark, it could be argued. And with warm and cold, both a measure of temperature (albeit, a generic measurement). Large and small are both a measure of size. So perhaps a better opposite of light would be bird. But then we are stuck with the fact that they are both just ideas our brain has interpreted through words our society has assigned to two things which supposedly exist in our physical environment. Wow, that's a bit of a line. Well, lets forget that opposites are usually alike in more than just that they are opposites. Let's refer to this newfound concept as a quasi-opposite. So, without a quasi-opposite, nothing can exist. Therefore to say that without something you have nothing, while true, is also an invalid statement. For if we do not have something to begin with we cannot have nothing, which is its quasi-opposite. The statement 'without nothing you have nothing' is true because it does not require the quasi-opposite to exist first. But then there arises the argument that without something you cannot have something. This is true as long as something is physical. But when you have nothing physical you cannot have something physical. Likewise, you cannot have something metaphysical without having othing metaphysical first. And finally, after having confused myself into an irrepairable tangent, I cannot have a decent nights sleep, so I think I will stay awake and play some Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory. (Oh how these intellects waste such potential mind powers.)

The Truth of Nothing ~ The Paradox of Everything

This is the paradox of everything: Everything implies all things. But included in the "All things" set is nothing. For, as stated previously, without nothing you have nothing. The paradox should be obvious. How can you have everything and nothing at the same time. Easy, you have nothing. While this may sound like a sentimental proverb, it is far from it. It is truth in its purest form. Imagine yin and yang. Included in the one is the other, which is quite contrary to the one. How, and why? Because it is integral to have both together. To create a healthy balance.

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