From Tias Little: the term emptiness is mostly misconstrued, second only to the word enlightenment. People think emptiness is vacuity, blankness, nothingness, nil. In fact, emptiness is closer to receptivity. When we are empty, we are receptive, available, impartial, broad-minded, and tolerant [accepting?]. When we empty out, we feel full, spacious, open and unconfined. [Thus] awakened in heart and mind, we feel fulfilled by each small thing.