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Emptiness.....

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  Looking For Each Other  I have been looking for you, World Honored One, since I was a little child. With my first breath, I heard your call, and began to look for you, Blessed One. I’ve walked so many perilous paths, confronted so many dangers, endured despair, fear, hopes, and memories. I’ve trekked to the farthest regions, immense and wild, sailed the vast oceans, traversed the highest summits, lost among the clouds. I’ve lain dead, utterly alone, on the sands of ancient deserts. I’ve held in my heart so many tears of stone. Blessed One, I’ve dreamed of drinking dewdrops that sparkle with the light of far-off galaxies. I’ve left footprints on celestial mountains and screamed from the depths of Avici Hell, exhausted, crazed with despair because I was so hungry, so thirsty. For millions of lifetimes, I’ve longed to see you, but didn’t know where to look. Yet, I’ve always felt your presence with a mysterious certainty. I know that for thousands of lifetimes, you and I have be...