A Threshold is a sacred thing, goes the traditional saying of ancient wisdom.
In To Pause at the Threshold , Esther de Waal looks at what it is like to live in actual border country, the Welsh countryside with its slower rhythms and earth-linked textures, and explores the importance of opening up and being receptive to one\'s surroundings, whatever they may be..
These can be physical, such as the geographical borders of a country; others, such as the spiritual border between the inner and outer world-between ourselves and others-are intangible.
While it is certainly true that thresholds mark the end of one thing and the beginning of another, they also act as borders-the places in between, the points of transition.
It is important for us to remember the significance of the threshold.
But in our fast-paced modern world, this wisdom is often lost on us.
In some corners of the earth, in some traditional cultures, and in monastic life, this is still remembered.
A Threshold is a sacred thing, goes the traditional saying of ancient wisdom
