‘’Every story we live, every myth, every movie, every novel, every soap opera, every drama in our lives—its fundamental theme is the longing for happiness. The longing to go home.’’ Richard Rudd, the creator of Gene Keys
We are longing for happiness, for joy, for abundance, for the feeling of aliveness. All of us. All the time.
And life is responding to this longing by presenting us with Doorways that are leading directly to what we are longing for.
There are no special techniques necessary and no esoteric formulas. Life is guiding us in every moment towards that which we long for.
The tricky thing is that these Doorways may not look like what we think they will.
They often appear as anxiety, depression, pain, sorrow, fear, heartbreak, curiosity, physical pain or illness. Of course they also appear as excitement, curiosity, pleasure, novel thoughts, flow state moments.
Doorways will present themselves to you in infinite ways in the immediacy of the present moment.
So the trick is to open our capacity of perception so that we begin to see and understand the Doorways when they present. Instead of trying to push them away if we don’t like them, we can begin to open the Doors. Or at least we can see them for what they are–the path towards what we are longing for– and choose whether to open them or not.
It may take some time before we decide to open certain doors. And that is perfectly ok. It can be respectful to our current capacity and level of motivation.
But what happens when you see a ‘’negative’’ emotion, situation, symptom as a Doorway and choose to open the door?
What do you discover?
You will begin to uncover the Truth of who you are. And doing so you will start to discover untruths about yourself that you had taken to be true when you couldn’t understand any better. But now you see these untruths are the cause of your discomfort and dis-ease.
And as these untruths are dissolved away you will find your innate qualities of expansion, freedom, beauty, wisdom, creativity, innocence, grace…..among many many others.
So, take a pause the next time something, anything, pops up, and ask yourself if it is a Doorway that opens up a path to your heart’s longing. And if you feel it is, take a chance and open the Door and see what find….
You may be wondering what does it actually mean to open one of these Doors, right?
It means, to open your body and mind to what life is presenting
There are no special techniques necessary and no esoteric formulas.
There is just you being in presence with yourself, stepping back from the mechanical mental looping through observation, and discovering what is underneath all that.
And what do you discover?
Doorways into the Truth of who you are.
Doorways that present themselves as pain, sorrow, fear, excitement, curiosity, physical pain or illness, insights, novel thoughts. Doorways that present themselves to you in infinite ways in the immediacy of the present moment.
And if you enter the Doorways, what is the Truth of who you are you will find?
You will have to discover this for yourself, but I can promise you it has qualities of expansion, freedom, beauty, intelligence, creativity, and grace…..among many many others.
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