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Interspace
Thanks for the Monday morning mind bomb, Doc. The idea of interspace sounds fascinating to me. It also goes along with some thinking I've finally put into words recently. The other day, I was having a delightful dinner with some friends at the end of the Jewish Sabbath (called Havdalah). Inevitably, the conversation shifted to Israel and the war going on there. In what is normally a very peaceful group, tempers flared, ire was aroused, and disagreement was everywhere. It finally hit me as all this arguing was going on. I started to talk about how we are all interconnected. We all do come from the same genetic base, I said, so this fighting and conflict is preposterous. Killing someone you've labelled "the enemy" is the same thing as killing a long-lost cousin, distant but still related. What's more, we're finding out that this same genetic space that connects us with fellow human beings also can be found in nature. Thus, we're finding that our genetic structure is not all that different from that which is found in other animals and plants. Big deal, right? Well, this is the part where science and spirituality start to dance and intermingle with each other. If we are all part of the same genetic "stuff", then we are far more interconnected with each other than we give credence to. I'm a storyteller and musician, so my palette of choice have been songs and stories. What I'm trying to demonstrate is that we're not all that dissimilar. Listen to the stories that people tell about wanting better futures for their children or an improved capacity for dignity and self-respect. It all sounds very similar to each other. Forget for a moment all the titles and labels we've assigned to each other - terrorist, Israeli, Jew, priest, mother, Arab, etc. - and the stories will all intermingle until they become one richly diverse voice. Maybe the place where all the differences come together and the similarities shine is the interspace. Maybe the interspace is that place of connection that we tap into when we reach for one another in times of crisis (i.e. 9/11). Maybe the interspace is like a piece of music. Notes played one after another without rests is noise. The insertion of space - rests - creates music. Thus, it's the spaces in between the sound that are the difference between incessant noise and Mozart. What do you think?
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