The Pause Between Stimulus and Response Contemplation

According to one of my favorites modern philosophers, Viktor Frankl, “Between stimulus and response, there is a space. In that space is our power to choose.”

Today’s contemplation, which is inspired by that Viktor Frankl quote, is about space. In the Unified Path, space is a vital part of all the elements of our Being - Body, Mind, Heart and Soul.

Indeed, the space between stimulus and response is something we can intuit and feel with the Soul. As we’ll learn, another name for this space is … freedom.

Most of us react automatically, an email arrives, and we’re irritated. Someone cuts us off, and we snap. But practical philosophy invites us to notice the space between what happens and how we respond.

That pause, however small, is where freedom lives.

It’s where wisdom can enter.

So today, practice this:

When something triggers you, pause.

Take a slow breath. Ask: What response serves my peace, not just my pride?

Then act, not from impulse, but from intention.

One breath. One pause. One better choice.

That’s how philosophy becomes a way of life.

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