The Space Between Us, A Living Bridge

While reading an article by Anita Rehker in Science of Mind magazine titled "Gregg Braden and the Promise of 2012," I was reminded of why I named my blog "Enter the Between" and why I chose a picture of a field stretched between the moon and the sun as its header.

Gregg Braden says, "...we now know that there is a living field which scientists call a 'matrix of energy' that connects all things, and that we communicate with that matrix." 

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The space between us is not empty. 

We are interconnected, and we exist for the harmonious good of each other. 

In her article, Anita Rehker asks if we will be the generation to finally welcome and embrace the diversity of human ideas, cultures, art, music, science, and beliefs, and if we are destined to build a bridge to a new way of living.

Is this the big shift predicted to occur in 2012?



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I've been fascinated with this living field or matrix of energy between all things for years now, as shown not only by the title of my blog, but also the titles of my four novels :

• Between Will and Surrender
• Between Darkness and Dawn                                              
• Between Yesterday and Tomorrow
• Between Now and Forever

There are so many meanings for The Between that I've started a list, which I add to daily.  Here is just a sampling: 

• Where psyche meets spirit
• Where we meet in trust
• Place of transition                                                                         
• Gateway/doorway



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• Gentle pathway/corridor/bridge
• Meeting place/middle ground
• Passage through chaos
• Creative connections
• Middle of transformation of thinking

Get the picture? 

The Between is the fertile soil of mind, heart and soul, open wide for exploration. 

Eugene D. Holden's words sum up the purpose of my blog nicely:

"You are not living solely for yourself, but you are allowing yourself to be the space where the purpose and vision of your life touches the lives of others..."
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Thursday Two Questions/The Between

Welcome to Thursday Two Questions.

On Monday, I wrote a post called A Writer's Journey/Rethinking of a Subtitle, in which I wrote about why I feel the need to change the SUBTITLE of my blog.

When I started this blog as part of my journey to publication, The Between represented the deep chasm I perceived between the writing of my four novels and their eventual launch into the world.

It would be a place of rejection and disappointment, with occasional joys and victories along the way--a journey through the dark forest.

Now, after writing over one hundred posts related to my journey as a writer, I have a different take on The Between.  I see it as a bridge that connects, rather than a chasm that separates.

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It's a place where one's creative and spiritual lives overlap, a place of fearlessness to tackle difficult matters of the soul, a place where one's true self dwells.

As my definition of The Between morphed from one meaning to another, my SUBTITLE, A Writer's Journey, no longer represented what I was trying to communicate with this blog.

My message is not so much about my journey as a writer anymore, but about spiritual freedom, inspiration, and empowerment, which also happens to be the message of my four novels.

The following comment by poet, Mary Oliver, during an interview with Maria Shriver for Oprah magazine, struck me as just right for expressing how I feel:

"You have to be in the world to understand what the spiritual is about, and you have to be in the spiritual in order to truly be able to accept what the world is about."

 

In my mind, The Between now stands for a place of freedom, a place where as David de Rothchild so nicely put it, you

 "listen to your goose bumps."

In Monday's post, I share some of my ideas for a new subtitle, but that's another story.

My Thursday Two Questions to you are:

1. What do you call the dimension outside of the normal five senses where your earthly and spiritual lives overlap?
2. What inspiration or understanding do you find (or seek) there?

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A Writer's Journey/Rethinking of a Subtitle




 When I started this blog as a part of my journey to publication, The Between represented the deep chasm I perceived between the writing of my four novels and their eventual launch into the world.

It would be a place of rejection and disappointment, with occasional joys and victories along the way--a journey through the dark forest.

Now, after writing over one hundred posts related to my journey as a writer, I have a different take on The Between.

I see it as a bridge that connects, rather than a chasm that separates. 

It's a place (Behind the scenes, between the lines) where one's creative and spiritual lives overlap, a place of fearlessness to tackle difficult matters of the soul, a place where one's true self dwells.

In fact, The Between now symbolizes so many things to me that I've run into a quandary. 

"A Writer's Journey," no longer represents what I'm trying to communicate with this blog.

My message is not so much about my journey as a writer anymore, but about spiritual freedom, inspiration, and empowerment, which also happens to be the message of my four novels. 

So "A Writer's Journey" must change to...

To what exactly?

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Which of the following phrases best expresses what I want to say?

Enter the Between (Behind the scenes, between the lines)...

(subtitle:) 

1. Summon the extraordinary into your life
2. Harvest the bounty
3. Remember what you already know
4. Waken to creativity, actualize your dreams
5. Cut loose, rethink, reexamine
6. Beyond the beyond
7. Be who you came here to be 
8. Uncover, Reveal, and Become
9. From Safe to Sensational
10. Where Mind Meets Spirit

I'm leaning toward #10.  What do you think?

As I was putting down my ideas for today's post, Oprah's April 2011 magazine serendipitously arrived in the mail.  In it was an interview of poet Mary Oliver by Maria Shriver.  One of Mary's comments struck me as just right for expressing what I'm feeling right now:

"You have to be in the world to understand what the spiritual is about, and you have to be in the spiritual in order to truly be able to accept what the world is about."

Aha!  Enter the Between.

I was also blown away by her poem, The Journey, another definiton of entering the between.

 

So as of now, The Between stands for a place of freedom, a place where, as David de Rothschild so nicely put it, you "listen to your goose bumps."

Soon, I'll have a new subtitle as a perfect accompaniment.

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