Recently, I found myself drawn to the word liminal to describe the practices and perspectives of the Evolutionary Collective. The word liminal comes from the Latin limen, meaning threshold. Anthropologists first used it to describe the transition phase of a ritual between the dissolution of a previous reality and the emergence of a new one. We are living in such a time now.

If you feel into the liminal, you’ll find there is something there that is neither and both and more. It is a dimensionalization of consciousness that allows us to exist in a kind of quantum reality where particle and wave co-exist. 

The practice of Mutual Awakening gives us direct access to this space. At first, it may seem like a simple practice of two people deeply present to each other and the relationship. Of course, that happens, but there is a much deeper invitation: in the Mutual Awakening practice, we develop the capacity to reside in the liminal consciousness. This is the dimension we are being invited to move into as a species.

In the current paradigm, our self-reflective consciousness gives rise to linear thinking, deep interiority, rationality, witnessing, mindfulness, and the awareness of choice. Our identity (whether our ego or soul) functions as something relatively fixed. Much of our effort goes toward healing, grounding, and strengthening that identity.

The new paradigm arises in the space between. It is the wave and the particle simultaneously…unity that includes individuation without being fixed. Groundedness and embodiment are included, but they are no longer the central locus of consciousness.

As we release identification with being a fixed identity (the particle) and allow ourselves to exist in a kind of multidimensional freedom, openings appear that allow us to pop into new worlds, with new solutions. At this evolutionary threshold, the origination point of Being is always present. It’s such a unique and profound experience of home, and we no longer need solidity to feel secure. New paradigms are not extensions of the old – they are truly new.

Wormholes bridge space-time and create shortcuts from one reality to another. The consciousness we are exploring in the Evolutionary Collective is liminal – a 24/7 wormhole-friendly consciousness. Within it, the need for a solid sense of self dissolves. As we practice together, our unique point of existence is vibrant and scintillatingly awake, while the wave of existence simultaneously arises. 

To live in this liminal world, we need soft eyes and highly sensitized inner senses, along with a tolerance for greater invisibility. Others may not easily see or understand you or the results that are occurring around you. A liminal persona is a different category of existence. The more power you access in this dimension, the more invisible and counter-intuitively, the more effective you become. 

It helps to remember that, as human beings, we can never see beyond our own level of development. So even if this consciousness is not widely recognized, those who share the awakened space of mutuality experience the joy of discovering its potentials together.

Here is a note from one of our members that captures something of this exploration in the Evolutionary Collective:

Patricia,
I don’t know what it is about this work you’ve created that is allowing for this delicious and fascinating flow. This “I” experiences a broader arch of “we” brought into focus as this singular “I” and then traipses out in curiosity and delight again to collect more of the “we” among the local fields in which it plays.

There seems a felt, but unlanguaged, commitment underlying the interplay, which appears to be sourcing it and that is quite perfect. I no longer need to “know” its/our intent as I trust the we/I. The farther afield the “I” goes the more difficult it may be to describe but there is more of a sense of being “at home”. I am welcomed by the “we” and “they” quite happily merge into one……dancing into a multitude of musical collections, each with its own distinct loveliness.

I’m loving it.
J

The liminal is not simply a passing moment of transition; it is a living field found together in a particular way. To stand inside this threshold is to be available to miracles, to new realities revealing themselves. As we enter and stabilize in this dimension of being, we discover a shared home where the impossible becomes possible and the future can emerge into form.

In Unity,
Patricia