The Aware Space of Thoughts

Just as a movie cannot exist without a screen, or a cloud without sky, experience cannot exist without some medium or field. Notice your thoughts arising in a space-like field. Don’t try to name or objectify this presence – simply notice it. Like physical space is inherently empty of objects, this aware space is inherently empty of thoughts. You cannot see this space, yet you experience it just as you experience physical space without seeing it. Don’t try to find this presence – it is your self. Your thoughts arise in you. Be this space-like presence; feel your self as this empty openness. Notice it’s completely allowing, without discrimination or preferences. When thoughts disappear, this space remains. If before a thought arises there’s only aware emptiness, then thoughts must be made of this same substance – temporary forms of aware emptiness itself, just as waves are temporary forms of water.

From event 05 - 12 April, 2025 Seven-Day Retreat at Mandali, 5–12 April 2025

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