emptiness - bliss

sri sri on bliss:

stretching sound is music
stretching movement is dance
stretching the smile is laughter
stretching the mind is meditation
stretching life is celebration
stretching the devotee is god
stretching feeling is ecstasy
stretching emptiness is bliss.

emptiness is the doorway between the material and the spiritual world. it is where you come to understand the nature of the spirit. if you do not know emptiness, then you cannot know the joy of being. experiencing being causes emptiness, from emptiness begins fullness.
on one side of emptiness is misery and on the other side is joy. this is what the buddha meant when he said, "the whole world is misery and what is to be acheived is emptiness."