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emptying

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1. emptying - Noun

2. emptying - Verb

Meaning

of Empty

The act of making empty.

The lees of beer, cider, etc.; yeast.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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A society in which vocation and job are separated for most people gradually creates an economy that is often devoid of spirit, one that frequently fills our pocketbooks at the cost of emptying our souls. Sam Keen

To be simple is to accept the essence of the message and not try to twist it or adapt it to our own ideas. To be simple we must desire to remain in the image of God. We must not be so complex that we make God into our image! Simplicity is dying to self, an emptying. Catherine Doherty

Meditation is the emptying of the mind of all thought, for thought and feeling dissipate energy. Jiddu Krishnamurti

Now the towns and forests, highways and plains, fall back in circles like an emptying drain. And I won't come round this way again, where the lonely wind abides, and you will not take my heart, alive. Joanna Newsom

Life was a throwing off for poor aunt Gladys, her greatest joys were taking out the garbage, emptying the pantry, and making threadbare bundles for what she still refers to as the poor Jews of Palestine. Philip Roth

I built my house from barley rice Green pepper walls and water ice – And everything emptying into White. Cat Stevens

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