"We would say: the signifier "Emptiness" can only be understood in those who possess the developmental signified that is Prajna, whereupon the actual referent "Emptiness" is directly perceived as the Emptiness of all forms whatsoever, and not the privlaging of one form or concept, such as no-self, over its opposite, such as self. But the referent of the signifier "Emptiness" becomes obvious only upon the awakening of Prajna, and Prajna is not an idea or a theory but an injunction or a paradigm: it begins its practice by categorically rejecting every conceivable category of thought to embrace the Real, or Dharmata. This categorical rejection—the dialectic—creates an opening or clearing in awareness in which the primordial and unobstructed nature of the Real can shine forth non dualistically as the Suchness of all phenomena. And all of those words are nevertheless still signifiers whose actual referents are disclosed only in that "opening" or "clear in," and prior to the discovery of that opening or Emptiness, they are all equally off the mark. Even the phrase, "Emptiness is free of thought concepts" would itself be denied: that's just more words. Where is the actual referent? Where is your Original Face right now?"
—Ken Wilber, Sex Ecology Spirituality, p722
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