Liminal

A doorway can be an opening. You can welcome what is on the other side. A doorway can be a liminal space. A threshold between this and that. A door can be a wilderness experience. You might be asked to move away from all that you have known. A door can be a transition. A stage of life. You choose to step through. You are forced through. The door behind you remains open. Sometimes, the door is barred fast. You cannot open it ever again. What you have known is gone forever.

Transcript

Find a comfortable position.

Settle down.

Settle in.

Inhale.

Exhale.

Welcome to a hit of hope.

A doorway can be an opening.

You can welcome what is on the other side.

A doorway can be a liminal space.

A threshold between this and that.

A doorway can be a wilderness experience.

You might be asked to move away from all that you have known.

A door can be a transition,

A stage of life,

And sometimes you choose to step through.

Sometimes you are forced through.

Sometimes the door behind you remains open.

Sometimes the door is barred fast.

You cannot open it ever again.

What you have known is gone forever.

Sit,

Breathe.

No matter what,

A door asks you to live somewhere between.

To live caught between what was and what will be.

I can be confusing,

Disorienting,

Maddening.

Sit.

Breathe.

Hey.

You.

Do not stand there pounding on a door that has been bricked in.

You are a badass with a big heart.

Turn and walk on into the wild new opening.

Namaste.

Reviews

Hi Betsy – how is it that you speak directly to me in almost every reflection? In the context of what’s going on in my life, your words today had a particular resonance. Losing a spouse has forced me to step through that door, and what’s behind me has now been barred shut. So as I stumble into the unknown, I do so with all the self compassion I can muster. I love your encouragement that I’m a bad ass. It will help me stumble through with greater confidence as I get my sea legs on this this side of the door. Namaste.

I came looking for this talk tonight because I have encountered the word liminal several times in the past few months, And I knew you had to talk on it. Which now is the best definition of limitations ever!!
'A door asks you to live somewhere in between'. This resonated in a powerful way for me. I use doors, or rather doorknobs, as a mindfulness que through my day everyday, every door. And it is threshold on multiple levels.
So much to consider here. Love it.
You are a bad ass with a big heart, and we are lucky for it.
Namaste 🙏

Such a powerful message for a woman experiencing heartbreak during a pandemic. I really needed your words in this moment. 🙏

Interesting concept for a meditation that I really enjoyed :)

Like this a lot

Thank you so much, I loved it and will listen again. Special thanks for your calm and beautiful voice and the calming pace of speech.

Thank you Betsy! Powerful and meaningful and original. Simple yet deep! Loved it. Will listen again.

I loved this! I will leave the bricked doors alone.

Lovely short and thoughtful meditation. A perfect little bite size. And lovely to take those thoughts away and mull over them ...

Wow! Great insight. Am opening to a wild new experience. 🙏🏼❤️🙏🏼
Bookmarked

Sensual words of spirit...the arousal of the expanse ahead and quiet still of the sealed door behind of which only love can escape. The words you speak are precisely where I am in my journey this morning.
Namaste

I love how this captures the essence of doorways, of thresholds, being a way to move between two states of being, even if only different rooms. Different rooms have different purposes, after all. Awareness as we travel through doorways of various kinds is of utmost importance.

Thank you for sharing this with us here. I see the light in you. 🤲🏻❤️🤲🏻

I laughed and cried!!! This short meditation is life changing!!