Greetings All ~
I'm waiting. The property I'm selling is in escrow. I'm waiting and I don't like it. I'm waiting for someone else to decide what happens next. I don't like it.
I became curious about this grumpiness. Is it based in unpredictability or lack of control? Can I do something to get this whole thing wrapped up? It's like baking. Following a recipe, you combine measured ingredients in a certain order, put them in a correctly-sized container and bake them at a specified temperature for a predetermined amount of time. I'm not good at baking. There are these "wait times" for the dough to rise, the oven to preheat, the cake or the pie to cool. But, when I've respected and surrendered to those times, the experience has been sublime and the final product relished.
Humans have come up with many "wait times."
Purgatory is, according to the belief of some Christians, an intermediate state after physical death for final purification. It is not eternal. There is a chance at redemption, which is entirely different from the eternities of heaven or hell.
Barzakh (برزخ), in Islam, is where souls wait after death for the accounting of their earthly actions.
Bardo is the Tibetan Buddhist term for the intermediate state we experience between death and our next rebirth. This is considered a particularly good time for enlightenment.
There are lesser-known bardos that include the bardo of dreaming and the bardo of meditating. These are spaces of creativity and innovation that can be used in this physical lifetime. In meditation practice, you can notice nonconceptual activity in the gap between thoughts.
So really, thereisactivity in these "wait times." There are things happening. It's not a static space. In the yogic world, it is said that transformation comes at the top and bottom of each breath. In the microscopic sliver of time it takes to switch from inhale to exhale, and vice versa, transformation and change occur.
Again we get back to the basics of breath. It is the rhythm of our eternal truth. If you inhale deeply and hold the breath, you can say your prayer, state your wish, or envision your dream. Exhale gently and sweetly, but thoroughly. And start again. Try this for 3 minutes a day, anytime, and as many times as you need.
Please let me know how you're doing.
I learn so much from you.
All Good Things,
Vicky Jap Dharam Rose