What is Emptiness?
'''Emptiness''' is a [[wikt:sense|sense]] of general [[boredom]], feeling socially separated from other people, and feeling that you do not care any more. Feelings of emptiness often accompany [[Depression (mood)|depression]], [[loneliness]], or [[despair]]. A sense of emptiness is also part of a natural process of [[grief]], caused by separation from or the [[death]] of somebody you love. While [[Christianity]] and [[Western philosophy|Western]] [[Sociology|sociologists]] and [[Psychology|psychologists]] consider a state of emptiness as a negative, bad condition, in some [[Eastern philosophy|Eastern philosophies]] such as [[Buddhist philosophy]] and [[Taoism]], emptiness is seen as a real achievement. [[Category:Emotions]] {{stub}}