As I have said many times before – I am certainly not an expert in any form of science – and to be honest, whether it is looking up into space and the nature of the universe, or down into the smallest building blocks from which all matter is formed (including us), I find my mind largely boggled. I also find the language that the wonderful people who look into of many of things use to explain what they have learned, often loses me!
However, despite my limitations, I do know that whether you look up or down, the thing you will find a lot is ‘space’. We use the very word ‘space’ to describe the nature of the universe and a large part of the make-up of every atom is space!
Of course, we aren’t completely certain what the nature of this ‘space’ is. There are things that are not visible to us, and plenty of formless things that we don’t yet understand, but maybe that doesn’t matter, because the thing that strikes me is how critical space is to everything we know.
I think this is one of those messages in life we need to pay attention to – space is important to us!
Maybe it’s looking down to the make-up of an atom that helps us most to understand it. At the heart of an atom is its nucleus, its core. Around its core there is space and within this space energy dances around… protons, neutrons, electrons (those are the ones I can name) – they need space to dance in, but they dance in different ways in different atoms and situations! That is my over simplified way of looking at it anyway.
We often look for the dance in our lives, the joy, to come from things around us, and it is true that we can get a lot of enjoyment from them. However, we often get so absorbed in this pursuit that we overlook the fact that the energy that holds us together is in our core, not outside us, and it needs space for those inner resources to dance and release their energy.
If we don’t make time for space in our lives, then our whole systems are in danger of collapsing in on themselves.
So, make space in your life and it is my experience that you will find your core and it is stronger than you think. Make time to look in sometimes and experience the space that is within you and the inner resources that dance within it. They are at the very core of you, and they do not depend upon what is outside you. It is your inner resources that are best at bringing joy and energy into your life… focus on your inner space and you will feel them dance!
Tales of the Universe 