That we may merge into the deep and dazzling darkness, vanish into it, dissolve in it forever in an unbelievable bliss beyond imagination, for absolute nothingness represents absolute bliss.
– Gregory of Nyssa
The All is no-thing
The only true liberty is in the service of that which is beyond all limits, beyond all definitions, beyond all human appreciation: that which is All, and which therefore is no limited or individual thing: The All is no-thing, for if it were to be a single thing separated from all other things, it would not be All.
– Thomas Merton
The meaning of existence
“I seek the meaning of existence,” said the stranger.
“You are of course assuming,” said the Master, “that existence has a meaning.”
“Doesn’t it?”
“When you experience existence as it is – not as you think it is – you will discover that your question has no meaning,” said the Master.
– Anthony de Mello