Have you ever noticed empty space?Of course you have. To notice nothingness really does sound like a contradiction. How can you be aware of something that's not there? But your own experience says otherwise. We have all, at one time or another been aware of the absence of matter (any and all stuff). It happens everyday. Looking for a parking space or even putting clothes away are tasks we do all the time, both requiring an awareness of empty space.The thing is, we usually don't pay attention or acknowledge the fact that we can and do often notice nothingness.
It isn't unusual or in anyway spectacular to the average person to notice empty space because our minds are usually trained to only acknowledge matter (and not the absence of it). When we scan a room, a supermarket, a library, etc., we are already set to looking for what's there. We hardly ever look for what's not there.
Why bother to become aware of empty space? In the very act of noticing empty space, we can experience ourselves becoming aware of our very sense of awareness. It is the act of bringing focus to the fact that we are focusing. Bringing attention to how our attention is directed is to become self aware in that moment. It feels like looking out at the world and looking in at yourself at the same time.
The sense of awareness we all have is much greater than the five senses it allows to exist. It is an eternal force that is the true essence which animates us all. Bringing our sense of awareness to become aware of it self is the beginning of expanding how much we can be aware of in the present moment. Becoming aware of empty space, silence, and stillness are ways to feel our sense of awareness.
Don't take my word for it. Start to notice your sense of awareness. You truly are amazing!
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I like this empty space you speak of here. Sometimes when I wait for an answer to something I envision an opening, or empty space that is waiting to be filled by my nonphysical knowing.
Good Ideas! Thank you.
There is so much happening, and yet, there is not nothing.
Writers like Eckhart Tolle remind people that they notice what takes up physical space and selectively forget what holds the material objects. To encourage human beings to move beyond the obvious is a very empowering gesture. You are facilitating open-mindedness, faith, trust and good will. Spreading love as you do comes back to you in ways you do not begin to imagine, even now.
Hi C.Om
I really so love the "language" you have offered and expressed here about 'space'. At times, I have been so lost in nothingness that I have to jolt back into somethingness.(i made up that word). :-)
love gail
peace....
I've never heard anyone explain that so eloquently. Good job, my friend.
Peace,
Molly
Great post, it is in the nothingness that much exists. a vase would not be a vase without the empty space, a room would not be a room without empty space. To notice what we don't see is a wonderful skill to develop, as you said it increases our awareness.
The sky. The empty space.
I always love staring at them for quite some times, drowning in the wonders of the vastness...
... but you managed to express the wonders in words. Nice post, Brother. Love to read your entries.
I've read a few of your latest post, and find your writings quite spirit provoking. . . To become aware of space opens my mind up...Thanks for creating this blog and writing such spirit provoking material. Peace, Light and Love. . . C.
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