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What does it mean?
Describing a state that exists between opposing physical and mental states.
In plain terms
I exist between movement and rest, sleep and wakefulness.
What can you take from it?
Life often happens in the spaces between extremes.

Where it applies

  • dreaming
  • migraine
  • reflection

Putting it to work

  • mindfulness
  • meditation

Questions to consider

  • Where do you find balance?
  • What lies between sleep and wake?

Another view

This state may be uncomfortable rather than peaceful.

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