Our Taiwanese friend 顏宏安 (Yán Hóng’ān) friend wrote:

I wanted to share something interesting with both of you. I've found that recently, I'll occasionally have a sudden realization in my dreams that emptiness and dependent arising are not contradictory. At other times, I'll perceive within a dream that the dreamscape itself lacks inherent existence. After having these kinds of dreams, I tend to wake up quite quickly.

Upon waking, I'll sit up in bed and start to reflect on what it was that I just understood in the dream. The interesting part is that it's not as if I'm meeting some great master who teaches me things. Rather, my dreams are helping me deepen my understanding of emptiness in a unique way, it's almost as if I'm practicing in my dreams.

Thank you both, again, for always helping me on my spiritual path. Don't worry that I'll become attached to these dream experiences and neglect my practice. I am deeply aware that I am still a beginner, and so I will practice even more diligently.

I was previously contemplating what kinds of questions about emptiness a practitioner could ponder to further dismantle the grasping at inherent existence. This led me to write an article titled, "Ten Questions on Emptiness." Several of the questions in it were ones John Tan had already mentioned.

PDF: https://app.box.com/s/fee9sw223qpwlr72yhpnafbu4fahx9k0

John Tan said:

"So fast got dreams of clarity. Not bad. 👍

Ask him what is the difference between lack of boundaries and oneness?"