Between The Lines Calm Quiet Meditation 1-6-2019

When you slide into bed you are opening up the space between the top and bottom sheets. The space expands to meet your needs. It becomes open, comfortable and cozy and when cold it warms up from the heat of your own body.

When you are writing with a word program and you are at the bottom of a page and you press the enter key a whole new blank space appears. As the space between the sheets easily expands to your needs so do the blank pages on your screen.

There is a space between breaths.

There is a space between thoughts.

There is a space between the walls, ceiling and floor of a room.

We see mainly the walls lines the edges.

What about all of the space in between?

Sometimes we all read between the lines. We become aware of the space. We use our deeper intuition.

If each thought is an edge a line what lies in between what is in the space between thoughts?

The thought demarcates the edge of the thinking or contemplation that had been going on.   At what point does the reflection become thought and then formed into words?

How do we narrow down the thinking process into the words that we say? Is there a filter that the thoughts go through? We have many more thoughts than spoken words. How do we choose the words that we actually say?

Peer into the space between your thoughts. Into your way of being; your way of interacting with the world around you.   Are you generally going with the flow or against it? Is it your habit to agree or disagree? Look into the space between your words. It is where the future of your interaction with life begins anew in each moment.

There is a place of calm between the thoughts. Go into that space and expand it. See/feel between the lines whenever you are not needing to speak. Keep listening. When the urge rises to speak it blocks the ability to remain in the space of calm. Keep listening. That is one of the wonderful benefits of a silent retreat. The urge to speak gradually fades and you can remain and bask in the calm of the space between thoughts.

Like a trip to the beach you come out of this space feeling refreshingly clean, energized and ready.