A Theory of Void. Beyond Emptiness: A Structural Account of Consciousness, Rebound, and Satori
Executive Summary: A Theory of Void This paper proposes a structural distinction between Emptiness (sunyata) and a deeper boundary condition termed the Void , clarifying long-standing confusions around enlightenment, nihilism, and peak experiences. Classical Buddhist insight identifies emptiness as the absence of intrinsic essence in all phenomena. This realization dissolves attachment, suffering, and false solidity while preserving cognition, ethics, compassion, and creativity. However, emptiness itself is knowable, teachable, and observable . Anything observable must appear within a frame of awareness. Therefore, emptiness cannot be the ultimate limit. This theory argues that emptiness is contained . The Void is introduced as the pre-phenomenal boundary condition that allows even emptiness to appear. The Void is not an experience, state, or realization. It cannot be observed, stabilized, practiced, or inhabited. It annihilates the observer–observed distinction entirely....