The Gift of Threshold Moments

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November 8, 2018

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The Gift of Threshold Moments

Every second there's a door to eternity. The door opens by perception.

- Rumi -

The Gift of Threshold Moments

Like moments of joy, awe, or bliss, threshold moments are experiences to notice, appreciate, and treasure ". . . where sound trails off into silence, time disappears into timelessness, and the known world is engulfed by the great mystery." It is not the full moments sometimes but the empty ones that can touch us deeply and profoundly. The gaps rather than the events that give us a glimpse of great mystery. The transitions, shifts, or pauses rather than the activities themselves that make us realize how much we don't know and cannot comprehend. In this beautiful and profound essay, Sam Keen shines a spotlight on threshold moments, celebrating and elevating them, like jewels of wisdom. { read more }

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See if there is a threshold moment for you in the next 5 minutes. Open your heart and mind and see what happens.


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