Karl Brunnholzl talks about seeing beyond what we normally notice. He says that all things are like an illusion and that true freedom comes when we stop clinging to mistaken ideas. His words also mention that the mind does not grasp an independent object called emptiness.
![“Hence, [emptiness] is also not an object of [something like the] cognition of Buddhas, because they do not have [such a thing as] cognition.” quote by Karl Brunnholzl](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/c69/karl-brunnholzl-4600_emptiness_hence-emptiness-is-also-not-an-object-of_55069.jpg)
![“In the context of the path, [Autonomists] settle in meditative equipoise within spacelike emptiness of appearance and [Consequentialists] settle in meditative equipoise within illusionlike emptiness of reality.” quote by Karl Brunnholzl](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/142/karl-brunnholzl-4600_journey_in-the-context-of-the-path-autonomists-s_1802963.jpg)
![“Just as space is without divisions through the divisions created by vessels, In true reality, there are no divisions that are created by entities. Therefore, by perfectly realizing them to be of equal taste, You, excellent Knower, realize [all] knowable objects in a single moment.” quote by Karl Brunnholzl](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/690/karl-brunnholzl-4600_single-moment_just-as-space-is-without-divisions-throu_1871509.jpg)
![“Its meaning is to rest one-pointedly on the focal object [of meditation], without being distracted by other thoughts. If this [one-pointed resting] were stopped, all meditative concentrations would stop. Therefore, in general, "mental nonengagement" has the meaning of not mentally engaging in any…” quote by Karl Brunnholzl](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/604/karl-brunnholzl-4600_focus_its-meaning-is-to-rest-one-pointedly-on_1635099.jpg)
![“[O]ne could assume an incompatibility, at one and the same level of reference, between two philosophical propositions, both of which cannot be true in accordance with the principle of contradiction. Alternatively, one might perhaps suppose a complementarity - perhaps even an incommensurability…” quote by Karl Brunnholzl](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/a51/karl-brunnholzl-4600_buddhism_o-ne-could-assume-an-incompatibility-at_1574326.jpg)
![“Thus, it is seen that the expanse of dharmas is not an object of speech, reflection, or expression. It is for just this [type of seeing] that the conventional terms "penetrating the nature of phenomena" and "beholding ultimate reality" are used. The conventional term "personally experienced…” quote by Karl Brunnholzl](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/1d0/karl-brunnholzl-4600_buddhism_thus-it-is-seen-that-the-expanse-of-dhar_1033120.jpg)
![“The Sutra of the Arrival in Lanka says: In the future, those who cling to non-Buddhist thinking will conceive of the wisdom of the noble ones as existing as an object of personal experience and as having the nature of an entity… How could such notions operate in the noble ones? If such [notions]…” quote by Karl Brunnholzl](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/0fd/karl-brunnholzl-4600_personal-experience_the-sutra-of-the-arrival-in-lanka-says-i_1118222.jpg)
