Emptiness

Emptiness simply means nothing exists in and of itself. Nothing exists independent of other thing—causes and conditions.

Everything in existence depends on some other things.

You are here because your father's genes joined with your mother's.

You are here because of the water and oxygen you have brought into your body.

You are here because of the food you have brought into your body and converted into you.

A tree is here because of a seed (from another tree) and water and sunlight and the atmosphere and minerals in the soil.

Things, thoughts, emotions, ideas, dreams, everything exists because of causes and conditions.

There is no thing that exists independent of causes and conditions.

Emptiness does not mean 'nothingness', it means 'every-thingness'.