“You may lose something or someone in your life that will show you what space is. Instead of rushing to fill the void in your life with things – possessions, concepts, stories, people-allow yourself to sit still with the space and just be with it. Breathe into it. Allow your awareness to deepen, without judgment, into the feeling of absence. Your mind will try to convince you that it is nothing, but if you sit with it consciously, you will notice a stillness, a domain of peace and wakefulness that is also a quiet joy and gentle brilliance within your awareness. Recognize it as the glimmerings of your true nature If you experience pain, be with it without judgment. When you lose something or someone, meditate on the space created by the loss. When disaster comes, let it be your best friend. Invite it in for tea.
Ultimately, you don’t need anything but what you have in the moment. Learn to live with less. Be with the feelings of loss and notice how within grief and mourning is a stark sense of beauty that bleeds through your inner awareness. Notice how alive you feel when you can be present for loss without judgment. Notice that it shows you how to treasure what you have – and especially how to treasure Emptiness the value at the heart of all mourning. See if you can feel the Emptiness in loss, death, and poverty.”
Svaha 