To know ourselves as space, as consciousness, in stillness is a revelation. What is whole in us exists in the clear spaces of our awareness. There is a unified, fundamental, innate quality of presence that we do not create. A quality of being that is not influenced by the causes and conditions that make up much of our human experiences.

The interesting thing is that when you are embodied, when you experience your body fully, the body becomes at the same time, no longer separate from the rest of the world around us. When you really bring your awareness inwardly, you begin to see that the present moment is happening both inside and outside of the body simultaneously.

One thing that I have found that has shifted in me as a result of this understanding, is the way I interact with and connect to the world. I feel an interconnection, that I am a part of all that moves around me. When something happens, even something painful, I am less likely to feel the part of the victim, more likely to feel a shared concern or care or grief. I care about the world more, because the world is also me. I may have understood this intellectually on some level before. There is now more of a felt experience of it. The quality of being not separate. Perhaps this sounds a bit esoteric but in simple terms it is a way of experiencing your life that is deeply satisfying. It doesn’t need to be a cognitive contemplation but instead a touching in to a fundamental truth. Living the moments of your life as fully open, alive, and whole as possibie, is a dream I find worth trying to experience!

If you feel drawn to work, you might look into the work of Judith Blackstone.

Wholeheartedly,

Kim