When you look closely, it's an arbitrary threshold, that defines one reality to the next. This boundary becomes one of choice, that is selected without full disclosure.
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Every angel is terrifying. And yet, alas, I invoke you, one of the soul's lethal raptors, well aware of your nature. As in the days of Tobias, when one of you, obscuring his radiance, stood at the simple threshold, appearing ordinary rather than appalling while the curious youth peered through the window. ('Rilke's Second Elegy' by Rainer Maria Rilke, loose translation by Michael R. Burch)
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"To feed climaxes the fragrances of death is to keep thresholds in pockets to confuse yourself of your own beginnings."
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