Gap
From LabelingThoughts
Gap is any discontinuity in our experience. These occur all the time, especially when we are startled or caught off guard. They are threatening to the ego process, because they undermine the sense of ego's solidity and continuity. These gaps are opportunities in a contemplative practice to see the discontinuity of experience and of ego and to see the unfolding chain reaction of consciousness in contrast.
In popular culture, the London subway system has informational signs that say "Mind the Gap" as a warning for people stepping between the platform onto a train. T-shirts with this signage will sometimes appear at meditation retreats.
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Popular culture
The London Underground subway system has a number of warnings to passengers, introduced in 1969, to "mind the gap" between the train platform and trains. This phrase is sometimes spotted on t-shirts and mugs at meditation retreats as an appropriation. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mind_the_gap
See also
Quotes
"Gradually, through meditation, we begin to notice that there are gaps in our internal dialogue. In the midst of continually talking to ourselves, we experience a pause, as if awakening from a dream. We recognize our capacity to relax with the clarity, the space, the open-ended awareness that already exists in our minds. We experience moments of being right here that feel simple, direct, and uncluttered." - Pema Chödrön
Further reading
Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche
Mipham, Sakyong (1999) 1999 Seminary Transcripts Book 2
- pages 130, 144, 158, 172
Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche
Trungpa, Chögyam (1973) 1973 Hinayana Mahayana Seminary Transcripts
- page 107
- Gaps
Trungpa, Chögyam (1974) 1974 Hinayana Mahayana Seminary Transcripts
- pages 14, 21, 91-92
Trungpa, Chögyam (1975) 1975 Hinayana Mahayana Seminary Transcripts
- pages 3, 7, 76, 178, 180
Trungpa, Chögyam (1976) 1976 Hinayana Mahayana Seminary Transcripts
- pages 43, 71, 77
Trungpa, Chögyam (1978) 1978 Seminary Transcripts
- pages 37-38, 66, 67
Trungpa, Chögyam (1979) 1979 Seminary Transcripts
- pages 7, 13, 36, 50, 119
Trungpa, Chögyam (1981) 1981 Seminary Transcripts
- pages 2, 24, 26-27, 31-33, 3738, 44, 87-88, 104
Trungpa, Chögyam (1982) 1982 Seminary Transcripts
- page 72
Trungpa, Chögyam (1983) 1983 Seminary Transcripts
- page 67
Trungpa, Chögyam (1985) 1985 Seminary Transcripts
- page 46
Trungpa, Chögyam (1995) The Path is the Goal
- pages 19, 74, 116
- page 146
- karmic chain reactions and,
