Space is the element of Water — the open, boundless field in which all experience arises. You learn to rest in awareness without resistance.
Open Attention is the most powerful tool against overload. The opening of attention acts as a safety signal in the brain: 'there is no danger, there is space'.
Peripheral vision, open hearing, the sense of space around — all these together 'turn off' the alarm signal.
The transition happens in 3 steps:
1. Focus on a point (Attention). 2. Soften your gaze — don't hold on. 3. Let the space embrace you — sounds, body, air, all together.
You don't try to see everything. You let everything exist.
The space of the sky always remains open, just like the space of pure awareness. Thoughts, emotions, sensations — they are clouds. They come and go. You are the space that holds them.