The spacious mind has room for everything. It is like the space in a room,
which is never harmed by what goes in and out of it. In fact, we say “the
space in this room,” but actually, the room is in the space, the whole
building is in the space. When the building has gone, the space will still
be there. The space surrounds the building, and right now we are containing
space in a room. With this view we can develop a new perspective. We can see
that there are walls creating the shape of the room and there is the space.
Looking at it one way, the walls limit the space in the room. But looking at
it another way, we see that space is limitless.
–Ajahn Sumedho from Tricycle: The Buddhist Review, Fall 1995