Everything you need to know about Nothing

What is  ?

Not-a-thing, right? But if we can conceptualise it then it must be something, right? If so, what is it?

For most of us, ‘nothing’ just means the absence of anything. But when we dig deeper, nothing becomes…well…nothing interesting.

Exploring nothing

Imagine we remove all the air from a glass container. We could call it an ’empty vacuum’. If the container keeps its shape and someone asks “what’s inside?” our first response might be to say “nothing”. However, a better response might actually be to not respond at all — silence, hoping that the person interprets your silence as — literally nothing.

Redefining nothing

If I wanted to define ‘nothing’ to someone I’d consider not describing anyting at all, for example check out this blog post I never wrote. The answer is in the action, not the words.

Another way to describe nothing is by directing someone to follow a line of thought that begins with some kind of substance and progressively becomes the essence of nothing. Consider the thought process one might take when describing ‘nothing’ in words, to describing it in action.

Nothing.
Nothing isn’t anything.
Nothing isn’t any thing.
Nothing is not a thing.
Nothing isn’t.
Noth…what?
Not a thing.
Not.
No, n..
It’s.. not..
It’s isn’t.
Isn’t.
Isn’t what?
Not.
What?
No.
N.
n.
.

What was I saying.. Can we go deeper than that?

If we continue following this train of thought and apply this to all of our senses we may end up resembling someone in deep meditation, or sleep.

In any case, a complete rollback of everything could lead to some very interesting side effects.

Can the ultimate nothingness be achieved? If it can, how could we ever know? How could one explain it without accidentally explaining something?

Try it for yourself sometime. Do nothing. But don’t do nothing, that would be doing something. Instead just