The space between thoughts

The role of ‘thought’ in our experience of life and the world around us has been a defining understanding over the last few years for me. But it’s never been in such sharp relief as in the last 17 months. I am bemused by the observation of myself seesawing between different worries, concerns and misunderstandings as I try (along with the rest of humanity) to make sense of how we’ve got to where we are. What I seem to have forgotten along the way is how important the space between thoughts is when I get caught up in the moment to moment distractions called ‘information’. I have found myself spending hours online looking for answers and being drawn further down the rabbit hole marked ‘conspiracy’, which has simply fueled more worries, concerns and misunderstandings. When I realised this was happening I did what I usually do, and turned to books (fiction and non-fiction) to soothe my troubled soul. This was how I came to be reading Carlo Rovelli’s book, Helgoland, in which he takes us on a journey into the history and theories of quantum mechanics. I cannot claim to understand even half what he talks about, but the bits I do grasp have been pointing me back towards that which I knew, and then forgot, that our thoughts become the things and reality we see around us. With very little prompting or persuasion I had found myself in a nightmare of concern for the future of humanity. Reading Carlo’s work reminded me everything...
Source: The Hysterectomy Association - Category: OBGYN Authors: Tags: Life spirituality thought Source Type: news