Existence is an echo with no original, appearing out of emptiness!

 

                                                  A mountain keeps an echo deep inside itself.

                                                  That's how I hold Your voice . . .

                                                  I saw you and became empty.

                                                  This emptiness, more beautiful than existence,

                                                  it obliterates existence, and yet when it comes,

                                                  existence thrives and creates more existence!

                                                  Jelaluddin Rumi, 13th century

Photo: Sunrise on the peaks, from Silver Creek Basin, CO; Maroon Bells - Snowmass Wilderness, August 16, 2011.