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The space that holds thought has always been present, but it cannot be sensed while we are grasping at each new concept. Cultivating concentration does nothing to the space itself; it simply allows the mind to extricate itself from identification with thought. If we look at what happens when the mind loses its sense of space and becomes embedded within a thought, we see nothing really happens at all. A thought is not something in and of itself; it is just an idea, just words moving through the mind. When any thought is held within the space of the mind, and each word is allowed to end without pointing anywhere, the thought dissolves into space. Thought has no legitimate reality except the power the mind gives the idea. Release the idea, and it all returns to space.