paralyzed
"Door #1, #2, or #3?": George Carlin, the comedian, used to do a bit on Let's Make a Deal where a contestant can't decide and picks each door about six times. Paralyzed with greed and the fear of losing, Carlin's contestant finally resigns himself to a door only to be told: "You've just won a Brand New Ferrari!" Relief in the audience sets in as luck has had its day but then Carlin's character says: "Oh, no, we already have a small car!"
Carlin lampoons greed, having way too much, and seeing choice as an opportunity for fear and a hope for luck.
Basing our choices on core values (see the threshold "returning to values" for more detail) doesn't mean that we aren't full of fear at times. People trying to live from their inner spirit, their authentic selves don't avoid paralysis. We get as overcome as the next person, but we haven't bought into the solutions or pathways that are outside us. The Spiritual guide and writer, Tilden Edwards, reminded his disciples that the ancient mystics knew that behind every desire we have is the desire for God, for the love that created us. It is safer (read less fearful) to stick with the tangible desires but at some point the Ferrari is too small and our inner guide offers us experiences/choices that can and will open us to fleeting Ferrari's and eventually to finding that we're standing on Holy Ground at every moment.
Threshold Journey is an offering of support in community ("where two or three are gathered I am in the midst of them') to those who know paralysis only too well. Your leaders are folks who meet their own paralysis with the trust that any desire can lead us to the Spirit who created us. More often than not it is the path of pain that brings us to our true home--Threshold Journey is a pilgrimage dedicated to bonding together as we travel toward "home" and healing.