IN BETWEEN
The mind creates the abyss, the heart crosses it
Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
In the morning, no guest has left the dining room yet. Finally, the group becomes aware that – despite not having any physical obstacle preventing it -, by an inexplicable reason, no one is able to cross the door and leave: the company is trapped in the dining room.
The Exterminating Angel, Luis Buñuel, 1962
The threshold. The intervals that transcend duality. Apparent states that challenge borders, lines, transience. Physical or mental states that, being ether, some of us have assumed them as real and tangible, while others states are dressed of air, and some others remain unknown.
Some ancient traditions recognize the threshold and cherish these states in order to transcend them. Between the sky and the earth there is a bridge that melts them. Its crossing lays in between these intervals.
The fear of uncertainty is a toll, and the courage its payment.