the state of limbo: lingering as an artform

issue 88 ♡ how might we spend our time in between the sparks of our desire

the lull or limbo between sets. words & pics by dee kawai tang :)

what are your thoughts on how might we spend our time in between— when we feel a spark of our deepest desires, and the (not so) patient wait for the divine to bring it into being? lotsa love,

Rachael Sardelich

dearest rach & readers,

this week i tune into my higher self to channel some answers to this question arising from the unrest and impatience of being in the state of the great in-between. below are the notes downloaded post meditation on being in the lull between sets and potentially learning to enjoy it.

part I.

i am currently in my own state of limbo, where i have written a manuscript for a book but i have not submitted to a publisher— as yet. i am cushioned and crouching and hidden between what has been done and what will i do. i’ve taken this month of march to clear my plate and focus on my ‘pitch’ to submit to potential publishers. it’s something i have never done before as i self-published my first book love is.

this kind of action is anchored in the yang/masculine arena and it kinda feels like i’m about to ask five extremely clever and awesome peeps to be my friend, by presenting myself as ‘best’ as possible on paper— which is a strange process. so i am relishing the notes below and taking my own higher self’s advice on this, in these mid-moments before i step up to the plate and pitch.

part II.

learning to enjoy the state of limbo, of lingering and languidity is an art-form many humans are yet to perfect. being either here or there, without a care can be difficult stage to be in, as we like to begin or end, when it is truly the journey, the in-between, the sponge between the icing and the bottom of the cake, that we must master during our stay on earth. these mid-moments, these mid-air arrangements when time ‘slows’ before interia holds hold, are the most precious to be enjoyed and honoured, before the true action and activity transpires.

the mid-section, the mid-riff, the middling middle is ok and just as important as the beginning and the so-called end. the middle section is safe within the confines of what has been seen and done and the what will be, will be layers of the sponge and if you stay truly present mid-air, you will notice there is icing layered in-between and betwixt the beginning and the end. being exactly as you are and accepting this mid-flight or medium-ship is completely apart of the journey.

every astronaut or pilot or aerial gymnast knows this moment(ous) momento so well— as it is the moment that gives life and energy and air and flair to the next. it is when the chi is activated, yet about to come to fruition. however in the outset it looks like stillness or lacking momentum. the mid-journey is a crucial part of your soul purpose. it is the act II where you begin to wonder— what will happen, how will this pan out, am i going the right or left way? what am i doing? where is this leading?

these are the moments to trust that internal voice and the voices of guardians and angels and loves ones from above, who are holding you tightly in those moments before you are catapulted into the beyond and beautiful.

enjoy these moments of middle kingdom, it will make a king and queen outta you.

love d xx

ps. previous related posts you may enjoy :)

the one on where creativtiy comes from or the one on the soul journey or the one on expansion and contraction or the one on being present here while listening to the future realm.