Heroes Not Zombies

It is in the spaces in between that things happen

.……..The Conqueror. Jan Kjaerstad

In a study of how we hear silences in music, Elizabeth Margulis has shown that not all silences are heard the same. In fact she has shown that both the music which precedes the gap and the music expected to follow the gap influence how long the listener experiences the gap to be and alters the quality of what they perceive.

A photo, a quotation from a novel, a scientific study…………they bring to my mind the Tibetan concept of a “bardo” as described in the Book of Living and Dying. I read it years ago but the idea of becoming aware of the gaps (bardos) has stayed with me. Spaces interest me. Shadows, the patches of light within and around shadows, the brief moments between breathing in and breathing out, between one thought and another. So here’s your challenge for today. Notice some spaces. What are they like? See how they are all different? How does life change when you start to notice the spaces in between?