The most important characteristic of the Eastern world view  one could almost say the  essence of it — is the awareness of the unity and mutual interrelation of all things and events,  the experience of all phenomena in the world as  manifestations of a basic oneness. All things are seen as interdependent  and inseparable parts of this cosmic whole; as different manifestations of  the same ultimate reality.

Many people are afraid to empty their minds lest they may plunge into the void. They do not know  That their own mind is the void. The ignorant give up phenomena but not thought; the wise give up thought but not phenomena.