The Not-Shovel

"Can you see that I am not holding a shovel?"
"Yes."
"Then dig a hole with it."

Buddhists believe that somethingness and nothingness co-exist with each other. The example that I just used is proof that nothing exists where something does. The person holding the not-shovel can dig a not-hole with it, but nothing would be there because something has already vacated that area. However, though somethingness is in that area, nothingness is aswell in a separate void.

Amendment: Alright, I want to go further. So when I talk about a shovel not being existent, how is it that my partner has dug a hole with it? This is the buddhist belief that there is another void, the void we enter when we die, to cease to exist in reality, but only spirituality, in a void that is timeless and spaceless, we exist, by not taking the form of any real thing (material).

Confusing much? I love thinking about things like this. It's a giant circle that I just keep running around. It's like trying to explain God. It's impossible. Like the ants on the ground make no sense of humans, we are simply just there. We are big things that move and crush and peer through burning giant round glasses in the sun. We can't see a whole image of God, we aren't capable of conceiving the knowledge of who God really is. But He loves us just the way we are. And we love Him and stand in wonder of such a powerful name.