The Space of Zero

Recently I read a wonderful book titled Zero: Biography of A Dangerous Idea.  The major idea from the book is that zero is both infinity and the void; two opposing extremes that exist in one symbol. Zero leads to life because it's the fundamental essence of opposing forces. If zero were a sentence it would be: "This sentence isn't real." It is the absence that exists, and is defined by its endless nothing quality.


Zero and consciousness have similar properties. Perhaps scientists and philosophers would prefer that zero and consciousness didn't exist at all. And yet they do, elusive and hard to describe. Riddled with contradictions, zero plays perhaps the greatest role in the universe; it holds everything together. Consciousness is the zero that exists in our heart that holds our body and spirit together.