12/19/2023 0 Comments The space in between fullSo what happens here if you relax? What else comes up for you? Play with this space gently (The idea is not to start holding your breath). Something that we consider to be a constant is actually intermittent. A deeper relaxation and awareness starts to come forward as the "doing" involved with breathing is also seen to be temporary. We can make some gentle (and I repeat, GENTLE) space before the start of an inhalation and before the start of an exhalation. In relaxing into our breathing, we find that we don't need to inhale or exhale as frequently. With the breath, we also can find more space in between. Your system when in alignment naturally arises things. This is, in part, why so many big spiritual realizations and revelations arise when someone is completely relaxed and not thinking about a particular idea, problem, or something else. Quite simply, your thinking doesn't function properly. You are already in a state of deprivation, if you brain isn't supported by oxygen and blood appropriately. No one can think straight if they can't breathe right. Our breathe, blood circulation, and energetic flow can align and move properly. Through conscious breathing, we come more fully into the moment. It seems silly and simple, but it is actually quite profound. I am constantly talking to my students about breathing. Their "highs" start to be revealed as a new kind of low. Such things are actually very low in vibration compared to the awakened state, and as such, they don't really feel very good. Rarely does someone completely in love ever want external substances. This is typically true when external substances like LSD and marijuana are used. High state experiences that many of you have felt are not inherently connective places they can be, but oftentimes, they can be ungrounded and avoidant of other feelings. From that deeper place of being, you are actually able to get a better vantage point about yourself, what is moving in your life and the world around you, and what is truly important. That Which Is is not ignorant of the demands of the world, however. It is easy to get lost in this world these days, as the world is very externally focused. When we find that space to pause and to observe from a neutral place, we begin to see what is. In so many ways, action, thought, feeling, and sensation cover up the truth of what is already here. Can you breathe in here and find the space between the moments of action and energetic shift? In so doing, we come to rest more deeply in awakened awareness. Even in awakening, it is easy to feel swept away by energetic movements and major realizations. How do you learn to find space in between moments, between breaths? Or do you just rush on and on. This punctuation is more than a metaphor though it can be an allegory for your life. Then I go on to the next sentence, which is also given space by the period. Then perhaps, maybe you notice how I use spaces in between paragraphs to give you a rest. It would be an unintelligible black mass of stuff on this page that you could do nothing with. Consider if I wrote with no spaces between words, and consider also if there was no separation from the letters and each other. Life is naturally spacious, and it's the space that helps to give meaning to definition. The spaces in between moments are where we often find some of the greatest riches of life.
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