Space, Part 1

The theme for today is Space.
Which is a good follow-up to Base.

To relax, is to fall into base.
To relax deeply one might fall into Ground,
called, being "grounded"
And "under" that, earth, then space.

These are metaphors, but also real
in that you can find them all around and always present.

Gravity is a "real metaphor"
from which we can learn a lot.

When space is more complete, it can become emptiness.

What is this, as an experience?
Leaving aside the stories we tell ourselves or others
when thinking about it.

What might we notice, approaching it?

What happens when one relaxes?
Naturally

A sense of space
then a movement, a stretch, maybe a yawn
and the feeling after that is
relaxed again
but with a bit more space.

Body knows space better than the mind.
Your toes and elbows and back of your neck
have stories to tell.

There may be other clues about it
as a State of Consciousness
where mind resonates with space?
Hypnagogia, perhaps
A sudden experience of images being liberated
Synasthesia,
the opening of the doorway between senses

Common aspects of sleep or meditation -
you might find them in the waking state
with attention and relaxation
mixed into experience at a deeper level.

One time I noticed this more starkly
I was on a meditation retreat
in a storefront "school" in Oakland, Cal.
right next to a stop light and bus stop.
Bus engines and boom boxes
coexisted with deep meditation.

Often though when meditating
one starts with an "I don't wanna" feeling
having forgotten the deliciousness of space

But if you know this
you can spend time
with a dual awareness
space
and something that fills it
or seems to get in the way.

This is standing "in the gap"
between being and non-being

What is it like
for the sense of Self
when you enter that space?

When is it,
that you feel more Space in your life,
or less?