“No self also means emptiness, a technical term in Buddhism that means the absence of a separate self.  We are of the nature of no self, but that does not mean that we are not here.  It does not mean that nothing exists.  A glass can be empty or full of tea, but in order to be either empty or full, the glass has to be there.  So emptiness does not mean non-being, and it does not mean being either.  It transcends all concepts.  If you touch deeply the nature of impermanence, no self and inter-being, you touch the ultimate dimension, the nature of nirvana.” ~ Thich Nhat Hanh, No Death, No Fear