How Do You Deal With The Void?

Question

you know what void I'm talking about -- if you didn't experience it, you wouldn't be on Yahoo! Answers.

Answer 1

live with it. keep it. don't try to fill it with society. use it as a vessel for the truth. cherish and hold empty space. the truth needs it to grow and move. use it properly to cultivate awareness of body, mind, emotions. turn it into a sacred void. don't let anyone else try and use it. it is yours and yours alone.

Answer 2

I like your question! We all have voids; Aside from Yahoo! Answers, I deal with my voids through playing guitar, pencil drawing, listening to music, and reading.

Answer 3

Here's how:

Desiderata

Go placidly amid the noise and haste,
and remember what peace there may be in silence.
As far as possible without surrender
be on good terms with all persons.
Speak your truth quietly and clearly;
and listen to others,
even the dull and the ignorant;
they too have their story.

Avoid loud and aggressive persons,
they are vexations to the spirit.
If you compare yourself with others,
you may become vain and bitter;
for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself.
Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans.


Keep interested in your own career, however humble;
it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time.
Exercise caution in your business affairs;
for the world is full of trickery.
But let this not blind you to what virtue there is;
many persons strive for high ideals;
and everywhere life is full of heroism.


Be yourself.
Especially, do not feign affection.
Neither be cynical about love;
for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment
it is as perennial as the grass.


Take kindly the counsel of the years,
gracefully surrendering the things of youth.
Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune.
But do not distress yourself with dark imaginings.
Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness.
Beyond a wholesome discipline,
be gentle with yourself.


You are a child of the universe,
no less than the trees and the stars;
you have a right to be here.
And whether or not it is clear to you,
no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should.


Therefore be at peace with God,
whatever you conceive Him to be,
and whatever your labors and aspirations,
in the noisy confusion of life keep peace with your soul.


With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams,
it is still a beautiful world.
Be cheerful.
Strive to be happy.


Max Ehrmann, Desiderata,

Answer 4

Void? Hell, this is not a void. This is my way of letting off steam from dealing with my 18 year old. I am quietly being passive agressive here.

Answer 5

I look at all the other people in it, and I realize that it's full. Poof! If it's full, then it's not a void anymore!

Answer 6

Realize that your void, or emptiness, is fullness in disguise. The realization is tricky, it comes and goes.

Answer 7

I flush after I void.
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Answer 8

Same old story. Inane distractions and pastimes, coupled with hopes for a better future.

Answer 9

Play video games. A lot.

Answer 10

I'm not sure I ever deal with it... Maybe I do. Maybe I deal with it just by continuing to live.