Sunday, June 16, 2024

Cultivating Space

Cultivating Space to Hold the Present Moment


The way to connect with the past is by being fully present, now. The present moment contains within it all things past. It stands to reason that the present moment also contains within it all things future, and that the way to connect with the future is to be fully present now. All that will ever be is already contained within the present moment--a door unlocked by an expansive breath of acceptance, imbued with presence, which permeates throughout the thought of time. It is in this moment of the Now where all that has ever been and all that will ever be, already is. There is nothing to do. There is only to be. The deeper one relaxes and reclines into the luxurious breath of the present moment, experiencing the space between cells—like the space between stars—the more one truly let’s go and allows all that is, to pass through everything we already are.


As a species we are habitually programmed to identify the reality of who we think we are as separate from everything we assume is other. All matter in the observable universe is suspended in a vastness of infinite space, which holds everything in existence within it. If we entertain the thought of time, we recognize that we now have a greater capacity to connect than we had before. 


Into what space have we expanded our capacity? Has that potentiality always been available? Could it be that there is a mutual reciprocity and recognition already existing in what we had conceived of as yet to be? Can we allow ourselves to be, now, that which we wish to become later? What happens when we take a breath and release the impulse to get to what’s next, by cultivating the capacity to hold space for that which we wish to bring
forth?