The Tibetan word bardo (བར་དོ་ Wylie: bar do) means literally « intermediate state »—also translated as « transitional state » or « in-between state » or « liminal state ». Used loosely, the term « bardo » refers to the state of existence intermediate between two lives on earth. According to Tibetan tradition, after death and before one’s next birth, when one’s consciousness is not connected…