Nomina Numina

Over the past several months, I've been learning new things about doubt. That it is natural. That it is sometimes painful. That it emerges when my lived experience doesn't match the world around me. A healthy friction, I suppose. An inconvenient one, too.

This morning, I thought back to when I first met her. And if I re-imagined that first encounter as an early episode of Star Trek:

“Spock!” Kirk exclaims, pointing at Mr. Spock's tricorder.

Spock raises one eyebrow. “Fascinating.”

Kirk stares, bewildered. “Such a being—such a person—should not exist.”

“And yet, here she is,” Spock replies flatly.

#Liminality #Spirituality #Mysticism

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