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My own reading of this iconic phrase out of context: Is that it asks us to pay attention to the gap BETWEEN thoughts. A way of meditation. The gap here being the space of awareness between mental activity, which, this space of awareness is always there, present, when there is thought and when there is no thought. | My own reading of this iconic phrase out of context: Is that it asks us to pay attention to the gap BETWEEN thoughts. A way of meditation. The gap here being the space of awareness between mental activity, which, this space of awareness is always there, present, when there is thought and when there is no thought. | ||
AN example in British literature, would be from Aldus Huxlyes last book 'The Island' where a Utopian, social experiment functions on a nis land. there, the community have trained Parrots to say 'Remember biys, here and now, boys, here and now'. S a way of helping the people stay in the present moment. edit and add referece.. | |||
Others could take this in other directions, the gap between education and work or cultural gaps. Or physical gaps, like the one between the two libraries in Weimar... | Others could take this in other directions, the gap between education and work or cultural gaps. Or physical gaps, like the one between the two libraries in Weimar... | ||