The Space Between Two Thoughts!

by | Feb 22, 2020 | Community Insights | 15 comments

Whenever I try and watch thoughts, I cannot find them; there is just a "blank space." And, what I initially imagined to be blank space is really open awareness, openly accepting of all that is passing through.

15 Comments

  1. Lori on March 26, 2020 at 8:35 AM

    The blue of the sky, the hawks calling, removing wallpaper, patching and prepping walls for paint are helping me stay in the space between thoughts

  2. Keshav Howe on March 16, 2020 at 6:54 PM

    Getting lost in tonight's sunset made room for a peace of mind; a knowing that I was being gently supported…

  3. Betty on March 14, 2020 at 2:39 PM

    It is a good way to remember our mutual divinity and acknowledge our oneness. We are there supporting each other no matter how far the distance. Really grateful we can connect by zoom. Thank you, Keshav.

  4. Keshav Howe on March 13, 2020 at 7:40 AM

    As I mentioned last night – now is an opportunity to reintroduce bowing to each other, with a gentle whisper of: Namaste!

  5. Keshav Howe on March 9, 2020 at 3:48 PM
    Today, the smell of sun dried clothes stopped me dead, again. In the space between two thoughts.
     
    For me, that particular smell feels like a bread crumb on the path home that the Krishna Me, left for the Keshav me. What is it going to take to get the recovering shithead me to relax into neutral, and just smell?! How do I find my way home in this world – that is fully of uncertainty and fear!!
     
    I know that the Call to stop and smell into paradise is always an option. That ongoing invitation is always here; it has broken me down and brought me to my knees – my entire life.
     
    Life is very peaceful whenever I stop filtering it through my personal point of view…I'm still working on the dial.
  6. venusrising on March 5, 2020 at 7:40 PM

    yah…..i am logged in!!!!! so i guess i was stuck somewhere in cyber space between the thoughts…..maybe the time when we feel we are “lost” is really just the space between thoughts….but we have to label it and make it a problem ..!!…good to see you all tonight on line ….xoxoxoxo

  7. missy on March 2, 2020 at 5:26 PM

    I was rereading on the plane about the Bardo, and this seems to be the true space in which we live between birth and death. I like the thought that our God space holding us together is also like being in neutral. It makes total sense and I love it!

  8. Keshav Howe on March 2, 2020 at 4:56 PM

    I say it best when I say nothing at all. It is a true gift to embrace that space in the middle – together! Laughter is lighting the way; what a release of tension!!

  9. Betty on March 2, 2020 at 4:29 PM

    Once when sitting with Keshav during our one-on-one session I suddenly dropped into the space between the thoughts. I started to laugh. I did't know why I was laughing, but it seems when we can see what is really going on we find that other self and the predicaments it puts itself in are hilarious.

  10. Keshav Howe on March 2, 2020 at 3:44 PM
    The urge to laugh while witnessing addictive urges is very common with me. The mantra that often accompanies the laughter, is: "you have got to be kidding!"
    Not as an accusation; but an invitation to lighten up by joining the recovering shithead program (full of sarcasm, irony, and humor).
  11. sasanijjs on March 2, 2020 at 10:48 AM

    During last nights session the commitment to stillness was met with watching a self that was drawn to suffering as if it was a drug. That aspect of myself wanted so desperately to sit in a place of agitation that I started to laugh.

  12. Keshav Howe on February 29, 2020 at 11:44 PM
    The commitment to make room for everything to flow though consciousness is a very powerful intent. Training ourselves to simply watch, is certainly not easy.
     
    My mind's biggest nightmare is when attention is parked in neutral; just watching as self-important urges search for a foothold. The feeling of emptiness is the absence of a personal point of view.
     
    The personal mind is a clearly a tool for Self-discovery. Investing time in timeless explorations is the best way to keep the mind-tool fresh and sharp. The mind adjusts to it's new, more flexible role of having to accept the presence of nothing.
  13. Keshav Howe on February 29, 2020 at 5:30 PM

    Sitting "in circle" together in silence is an ongoing blessing for me. I feel so much love and support when we meet in the middle of the circle, and openly acknowledge the God Space that holds us all together.  

    We are each other's wake up call! Let's continue to wade into uncertainty and fear together. Let's commit to consciously open our eyes together, in the common ground of Being…

    Here's looking at you.

  14. sasanijjs on February 29, 2020 at 1:17 PM

    I have experienced the same thought countless times. My reality depends on my choice whether or not to attach to any agitation that might shoot through consciousness when these thoughts arise.

    My commitment to maintaining my relationship with that “empty” space has made that choice increasingly easy. Mind seems to become more obsessed with “who is the one that is aware of self”, when we continually experience this god space.

  15. ceejaypea on February 24, 2020 at 7:22 AM

    Acceptance is the key – with no limits it is the essence of expansiveness and so open awareness takes all in. Namaste.