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GROUND · XII
Lesson 12 of LII · the GROUND course
The idea behind this card — Thresholds
The world can feel unreal when your world has changed. Old doorways got their own blessings; thresholds were always crossed with care. You're allowed to cross slowly.
GROUND — The sacred ordinary — the body and the day as holy ground
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The practice
touch five familiar objects slowly — the mug, the doorframe, the worn key. Say what each is. You're finding the floor of the world again. It holds.
Where this idea comes from
- Liminality — Arnold van Gennep, Victor Turner; threshold blessings across traditions; derealization in acute grief
More in this deck
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