Life in place of the gaps

My fellow practitioners

I'm called to share whatever comes through spontaneously right now and perhaps in doing so things will further clarify within me...who knows? And in sharing these words, I hope it benefits you in some shape or form as well. The above photograph of the starlit night sky between the rocks seems to prompt something in me, and so I'm just going to riff off of that.

The mind is like an Ai tool, isn't it? Words generate imaginary thoughts and images generate narrative thoughts. And the mind can even generate imaginary felt sensations, smells and tastes in addition to sounds and images, and they too propagate this prompting process. Sounds seem to come structured in a familiar form that we interpret as words or as sound effects like the sound of a bird, for instance. But are they truly distinct? If the mind couldn't generate that second thought, would we be able to call it anything? Something to be looked at under the microscope, huh?

The previous two posts were both heavy on the shadow aspect and, while I do believe that feeling emotions and separating the actual felt sensations from the interpretations is important, I think acknowledging what's here when all of that calms down is just as important. 

One of the first practices I ever did was to notice the gaps between two thoughts and I must say that I'm still so grateful to have heard such a profound pointing at that time... Initially, such a practice may bring about a taste of what is beyond thought. But when that gap inevitably closes off, apart from in exceptional cases, you will know what you need to work on because you will see what's obstructing it in a way. So, assuming that you have done a reasonable amount of reactivity work to a degree where the mind has calmed down significantly, and to the point where you are in the "gap" most of the time, let's look a little deeper shall we?...what is this gap...?

Silence...? 

Blankness....? 

Hmmm...are you sure about that...? 

Is the gap truly devoid of anything? Or is it the raw textures of life that peep through when those thoughts that clouded your vision have subsided? The unadulterated sensory data is quite literally in your face!

This sacred ground is where the fun begins. Where we even see through this view of calling it a sacred ground...chewing up the very words that unfold right now in this instance... We can now question the assumptions we have about what we believe is happening in real time. And this doesn't negate the realm of thought either. It's just that now we are looking at the more subtle distortions. Our intuition will guide us here, but having heard or read about the type of inquiry or practices we can do in this space certainly seems to support that intuition and give it more precision. Without the guidance of those masters who have treaded these murky waters, we may be throwing darts in the dark. At least that's what seems to be apparent to me right now... 

So my friends, as always, take these words with a grain of salt for I am blabbering about what I feel at this moment and I never know what I might say next. May you fall into the gap and be swallowed up whole without a trace left in sight! Take care and have a good day!

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