Rudolf Steiner, founder of Waldorf Schools, repeatedly referred to a quality of “3-foldness” in the world.  That is the state of any mediated polarity.  There is the duality, and also the mediating realm in which they relate.

Thinking – Feeling – Willing

Head – Heart – Limbs

I – Meeting – You

Waking – Dreaming – Sleeping

Past – Present – Future

Physical – Cultural – Spiritual

The Space Between is a phenomenon important in mindfulness practice, in biology, in physics, in counseling, in design, and in education, to name a few. Below are some guiding thoughts.

“Between stimulus and response there is a space.  In that space is our power to choose our response.  In our response lies our growth and our freedom.”  ~attributed to Viktor E. Frankl

“We face overwhelming problems that affect the entire global community; yet we are becoming increasingly alienated and at odds with each other.  It’s not simply that the country is divided; not just that people feel themselves on opposite sides of increasing problems; but also that the center has gone missing.  We now live in a gap of culture with opposing sides that appear to be entrenching ever more deeply. … Opposition and conflict can be productive, but only if there is a sense of underlying unity.  Where there is no cohering center, everything starts to make less and less sense. …

“We may each feel tiny, frail and insignificant in the face of overwhelming problems; yet we are each secretly woven to the center of the whole. … the thread to the center is the hidden cord of the heart, it is the thread of genius that can connect the mind with the heart, the thread that allows the mind to feel and reveals the hidden thought set within the heart.  It is both subtle and determined; it can be elusive; yet it is also indelible in us. …

“When the outer centers cannot hold, it becomes necessary to look inside for a deeper sense of centering and soulful presence.”

~Michael Meade