There are many mind-opening sentences in the texts I’ve read so far. This one in particular affected me strongly: “Space is all the therapy we need.”
I’ll try to describe an experience that I think illustrates the truth of this statement.
This morning I woke up feeling vaguely in knots about something I thought I should have done differently the day before. I was worrying about the consequences, looking for strategies, etc. Then suddenly I realized that I was seeing this by virtue of an accomodating space of awareness. In that enlarged view, my agitation began to resolve itself. My body relaxed, and there was gratitude for the amplitude of space.
A moment later I noticed that I was making a concept (i.e. an object) of space, and clinging to it, as if it would go away if I didn’t keep my eye on it. That perception revealed a deeper spaciousness that included and transcended the appearance of objects (the walls, my body, the window, etc.). In that space, thoughts, feelings, and sensations went about their way unimpeded. Instead of grasping for solutions, I recognized the one action I needed to take to resolve the small conflict that had worried me (and that in fact was no longer a conflict). I was sitting up in my bed feeling perfectly free.
Joel