We Are Living in Liminal Space
Have you ever heard of the term ‘Liminal Space?’ If you haven’t, that’s okay, because you are experiencing one right now.
Mystic Christian theologian, Father Richard Rohr used his daily newsletter last week to dive into the liminal space. Here is how he defines it:
‘Liminal space is an inner state and sometimes an outer situation where we can begin to think and act in new ways. It is where we are betwixt and between, having left one room or stage of life but not yet entered the next. We usually enter liminal space when our former way of being is challenged or changed — perhaps when we lose a job or a loved one, during illness, at the birth of a child, or a major relocation. It is a graced time, but often does not feel “graced” in any way. In such space, we are not certain or in control. This global pandemic we now face is an example of an immense, collective liminal space. This in-between place is free of illusions and false payoffs. It invites us to discover and live from broader perspectives and with much deeper seeing.
Liminal comes from the Latin root limen meaning threshold. We are all standing at a threshold in this strange moment. We can not go back, but we don’t know how to move forward. Many things that have been asleep within in us, hushed to slumber by our busy lives and temporary medications, are waking now. It’s as if our eyes…
