Gifts of the Liminal Path
Liminal space is a gateway to transformation. It disrupts our normal patterns and opens us to new perspectives. When we find ourselves betwixt and between, having left one stage of life but not yet entered the next, we stand at the threshold of profound growth.
In liminal space our former ways of being are upended. We are not in control. This vulnerability and openness create fertile ground for genuinely new realizations and ways of living to take root within us.
Embrace this liminal territory instead of rushing to exit it. Do not cling to your former ego-driven strivings and illusions of normalcy. Let go of your need to perform and succeed according to your usual patterns. Intentionally falter. Descend into the unknown depths of emptiness, silence, and humility.
It is precisely when we stumble and come face to face with the hidden side of life that we become most teachable. Liminality keeps us shadowboxing with truth instead of indulging in ego-confirmation. We cannot unsee what this crisis has unveiled.
Have courage. Do not flee this profound liminal space prematurely. Linger in its creative questioning. Dwell in the spaciousness of not-knowing. Shed your desire for certainty and control.
If you can embrace the disorientation of liminality, if you can tolerate the loss of your former identity, you will be opened to unimaginable new freedom and wisdom. You will emerge having accessed deeper seeing and broader perspectives.
The world you once knew is gone, but what is being born? Stay in this powerful liminal space long enough, and you will give birth to a truer, more authentic, more liberated sense of self and society. You will have traversed a sacred initiation into a regenerative way of being. The gifts of the liminal path await your whole-hearted acceptance of its challenging invitation.
(adopted from: Richard Rohr, Adam’s Return)