LIFE IS SUFFERING, AND THERE IS NO ULTIMATE REALITY BEHIND IT. THE CYCLY OF BIRTH AND CONTINUES BECAUSE OF DESIRE AND ATTACHMENT TO THE UNREAL "SELF". MEDITATION AND DEEDS WILL END THE CYCLE AND ACHIEVE NIRVANA (NOTHINGNESS, ENLIGHTENMENT). EMPTINESS AS A HUMAN CONDITION IS A SENSE OF GENERALIZED BOREDOM, SOCIAL ALIENATION AND APATHY. FEELINGS OF EMPTINESS OFTEN ACCOMPANY DYSTHYMIA,[1] DEPRESSION, LONELINESS, ANHEDONIA, DESPAIR, OR OTHER MENTAL/EMOTIONAL DISORDERS, INCLUDING SCHIZOID PERSONALITY DISORDER, POST TRAUMA, ATTENTION DEFICIT HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER, SCHIZOTYPAL PERSONALITY DISORDER AND BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER.