How do we cope with death?, page-7

totally confused, which is why Buddha is a mystery to you.

this shows a hierarchy in knowledge

1. present evidence that Buddha's gift was 'nothingness' (since Buddha did not teach about nothingness, apart from the 7th jhana)

2. worse, do you really expect people to regard their loved ones as 'nothing'?

3. worse, you contradict yourself by asserting 'nothingness' yet believe thought cannot be controlled

4. nothingness is not a thought but the absence of thought discrimination. this shows how confused you are