The Liminal

Are you familiar with the term
    liminal?
It comes from the Latin word
    for threshold.

Liminal spaces are those
    where the boundary
between this world and the next,
    between the physical and spiritual
is particularly thin,
    and one wonders--
appropriately--
    if the boundary may, in fact,
not exist at all.

Liminal spaces
    are sacred spaces

Liminal moments are those
    in which past, present and future
seem to merge,
    when we are--
even if momentarily--
    in touch with something greater,
perhaps sensing and seeing
    the essential oneness of things--
of you and others,
    of God and creation.

Moments when you
    are suddenly aware
of the grandeur of God,
    or the all-embracing love of the Divine,
or the beauty of all other people--
    these are liminal moments.

Liminal moments
    are sacred moments.

Liminal spaces
    and liminal moments
obliterate the divisions
    of "right here" and "over there,"
between the sacred and secular,
    between you and God.

When have you found yourself
    (and hence your soul)
in a liminal space?
    a liminal moment?

And how were you transformed?

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