The theme of the week is “space”. Last night at class (Zen and the Art of Comedy Improv), our teacher asked us what we see when we look up at the sky at night. “Lights” “Stars” “Satellites” “Constellations” were some of the answers.

“What about space?” he responded. “Everything is suspended in space. Space is the canvas without which we wouldn’t exist.” How we move within this space is up to us–our imagination, our creativity, our ability to be in the Now.

Then tonight at the Gather the Women meditation circle led by Patt Lind-Kyle, we were led through an exercise calling attention to the space around and between each of us. “Try this throughout the day,” she invited us. “When talking with another person, experience the space between you rather than focus on them as an object. See how you remain more centered. You’ll feel your heart more than your head.”

When I got home I looked up in the sky. We have one of those clear nights where you can actually see the blaze of the Milky Way brushed across the darkness. Incomprehensible to consider how much space is actually between each of those lights dotting the seemingly 2-D canvas.

Looking up, I remembered asking a few weeks ago (somewhat ironically), “Where is God in Cyberspace?” When the other person immediately dismissed the notion that this was even a possibility, the thought popped in my head that God is in the relationships between all the people making sincere connections through the web. That’s where the unity forms, where the gratitude glows, where magic happens–in the space in between.

Once upstairs, that glow-y, open feeling sank as my eyes focused on the explosion of papers on desk, chair, floor–areas that had been totally clear at noon today. It only took 15 minutes to reclaim the surfaces, but in those 15 minutes, my attention reverted back to the focused, head-based mode that had been blissfully forgotten at the meditation circle.

Music doesn’t make sense without space between notes. Thoughts don’t make sense without space between words.

There is a connection between space and the quality of our experience that is worth exploring.