I've heard it said that inner silence is not simply the absence of thoughts. Rather it is a positive (but ineffable) state that puts you in touch with something that was always there but never noticed. Once touched, that silence automatically takes over -- one no longer needs to fight to quiet the mind. Instead, one is inexorably drawn in ever deeper.
(I only wish that I were saying this from the point of view of personal experience, LOL.)
Oops, I had a typo there for not-self vs self!.
Similar to your point, "emptiness" is more of a short-hand than a really good translation. I think it evokes more renunciation than it should.
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