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Good morning dear ones,
The concept of space can be tricky to define depending in which context it is used. In some cases, it refers to the absence of matter or particles, while it can refer to the vacuum of space.
In early Buddhist teachings, space is one of the six elements- water, earth, fire, air, space, and consciousness. While the first four relate to the tangible body and the physical world, space is unique. It is not something we can grasp, yet it is what allows everything to appear and move. The Heart Sutra says: “Space is emptiness, emptiness is space. Or form is emptiness, emptiness is form.” In the yogic practice and in meditation, one creates space between the mind and the body, between the mind and the emotions. One is the watcher, the observer, and the space between you and the object is freedom. The awareness of the space our body takes, in this spot, brings us to the zero point, our ground of being, in the now moment; it is the bridge between the world of form and the insight into emptiness. In this vast openness, compassion and wisdom arise naturally, because nothing is tightly held or excluded. The meditator begins to sense what it means for form to dissolve into formlessness and for the self to soften into something much wider and more inclusive. In music, it is the space between the notes that creates the melody. In daily life, we often crowd our schedules, our minds, and even our relationships. Yet, as the teachings remind us, it is in the space between things- between thoughts, between breaths, between actions- that clarity can emerge. Can we bring more spaciousness into our lives? Can we pause, breathe, and notice the open sky of the present moment? In the space, we meet not only ourselves, but the vast interconnected field of all life. With metta, Su Co Bao Co
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