Last night we had yet another amazing dharma talk – this time led by Zen Buddhist priest Cynthia Kear. In the final night of our four-part series The Art of Meditation, we sat in the round before Tobi Kahn’s LHYAD, a large, abstract painting of silver and pearl. Before and after meditating, Kear called us to intimately engage with Kahn’s art and then jot down our thoughts on a sheet of paper. Interestingly enough, we all found something new in the painting upon our return. Our attitudes, our mindsets, shifted. What happened within those 10 to 15 minutes of meditation? Kear said that was when our minds encountered “the space between.”

In our daily lives, we are continually at the mercy of our habitual mind, says Kear. When we meditate, however, we can find rest in the tranquility of an empty mind; we can begin to curb stress; we can make a place for true creativity; and we can become aware of our most elemental selves. A daily meditation practice can bring us closer to ourselves and more engaged and connected with the subtlety and beauty of the spaces between.

To learn more about meditation please visit Cynthia Kear’s website.