Unless you have mentioned "fire" and "emptiness" previously in such a way that " the fire" and " the emptiness" are appropriate, it doesn't read properly. You may mean this: **** is not fire – it's emptiness. Note also the capitalisation, the full stop at the end, and the difference between a dash (– or —) and a hyphen (-).
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Unless you have mentioned "fire" and "emptiness" previously in such a way that "the fire" and "the emptiness" are appropriate, it doesn't read properly. You may mean this:
**** is not fire – it's emptiness.
Note also the capitalisation, the full stop at the end, and the difference between a dash (– or —) and a hyphen (-).