Raluca Florescu

The Nature of the Void

The void is a mental space where consciousness becomes present. It isn’t mystical. It’s that familiar darkness everyone knows, but rarely dares to face without fear.

It’s like being inside a room while running in circles on a wheel. You don’t see the room; you see only the wheel — the thoughts, images, and scenarios you keep projecting inside your own mind. But when the wheel stops, you finally see the room. The room is the void. It’s the mind’s tapestry before any threads appear.

The Fear of Presence

People get scared when they realize there’s nothing there. They fear their own silence, their own presence. Because in the void there is no money, no career, no applause or desires. There is only the self — without a mask, without noise. Only presence.

The Illusion of Mysticism

When I explored the void for the first time, my imagination was overflowing. It felt like a mystical experience, a cosmic revelation. The truth? My imagination was simply impressionable. That’s all. Nothing magical.

And yet, what an irony: people have spent centuries trying to explain the void, to deify it, to dress it in grand words, when all they were really doing was fearing their own quiet self.

Translated with AI.