Trungpa Rinpoche emphasized the importance of understanding space; he encouraged us to explore our experiences of boredom, our discomfort with stillness, and our tendency to fill space • he taught that the basic energy pervading all of space is love and kindness; so to cultivate greater kindness and love, it is important to relate to space and its qualities • he introduced three aspects or qualities of space • the first is that space is indestructible, because it doesn't come from anywhere and doesn’t go anywhere; it is unborn, it is unceasing, and it is impossible to manipulate • the second aspect of space is that it accommodates birth and death: things are always arising and dissolving within it, and space accommodates it all • the third aspect of space is that it creates obstacles; it seems to rebel against our ideas of importance and what we'd like to accomplish • this aspect of space reminds me of the kind of experience people can have in the vicinity of a dying person • in that space, all projects and activities and preoccupations just dissolve on the spot • I'd like to invite you to explore these qualities of space in your daily life experience and in your meditation practice.