Quote Originally Posted by Tybee View Post
I was thinking about this principle, that things feel like they will stay the same forever, and then can abruptly end--thinking of it in terms of my mom's death, and working on her estate. Also in terms of health, where things go on and on (like my knee problems) and they feel like they will go on forever, and then things shift. Or my mom's medical examiner case. Lots of things that have felt like I am in limbo over the past couple of years, and how will energy shift when they are done?
Limbo is a crappy place to be in. I remember when we were in the crapper big time. We stopped paying the mortgage because we had no money, and we figured we'd get kicked out in a matter of a couple of months, and it extended to well over a year before we were able to strike a deal with the bank and walk away. Limbo, dogmatically speaking isn't hell, but it sure felt like it. You couldn't plan. We certainly weren't going to put money into the place. We didn't know what school the kids would be in next fall, or if we should even start looking for a new place, or wait? We didn't know when the bank would lower the boom.

But once we graduated from limbo everything was great--wonderful even. We had a place we belonged to and had a new start and this new start legitimized our existence and put us at peace.

For some reason a corollary to limbo is the Buddhist concept of the bardo. My son gave me George Saunders' Lincoln at the Bardo--even though I follow a lot of Buddhists, I had never heard of Bardo as a concept. There's a lot to learn from in studying that transitional state.

Anyway, Tybee, I hope your limbo doesn't last long, and the energy will shift in a very positive way for you.