The Guardians at the Gate
Los Guardianes en la Puerta
An invitation to gently meet the fears and pains that guard our deeper nature, discovering that warmth and tenderness are the only way through.
The Guardians at the Gate
Often leading
or pointing towards what I call the guardians at the gate.
We can conceive of this mythical journey towards freedom.
It's not a journey in time.
It's a journey in the present moment, always.
The present moment and time
As we sink deeper into the present moment, the reality of what is,
we begin to dissolve the reality of time.
Even if temporarily, time dissolves into the present moment.
You can see more and more that time is always occurring
within our minds in the present moment.
Meeting the guardians
And as we journey in this journey without moving, deeper,
we meet the guardians of the gate.
They are in service to us,
keeping us confined in the safe place of thought.
The guardians of fear and pain.
And as we are more ready,
we venture out to greet them
as we are preparing to be encountered
on this journey into the infinite now.
We should always remember that these guardians are at our service.
We are not victims.
They are protectors
in the vast infinity we may not be ready for.
So once we greet them,
we may say, "Thank you.
I am going home to my safe place.
I will come again soon."
As we do this, they take a few steps back,
and more of the infinite mystery becomes part of our being.
They are at our service,
but if we greet them with frustration and anger,
they will do their job, at our service, to keep us safe.
The way of the heart
So we know, and we learn,
that pushing is not the way.
Force is not the way.
We begin to learn we are not victims.
The way is the way of the heart.
Gentle,
warm,
loving,
caring.
This is always the way deeper and deeper.
The heart opens, it bleeds,
it becomes vaster with the bleeding.
The guardians step back,
grant us passing further and further.
This is always in perfect divine alignment with our needs,
our capacities,
and our deepest wishes and desires.
We discover that the gentleness in our hearts can be infinite
and that it is the way.
Only through that loving embrace
do the guardians let us pass.
Fear and pain do not harm.
They are parts of our being.
This gentleness, tenderness
will soften,
will be warm,
will be recognized as the true flavor of our being,
where we as humans teach the gods,
as they do not have the experience of limitation.
Exploring the heart's warmth
Let's just explore this
infinite warm potential of our loving being.
Let your heart do its work.
Greet the guardians,
bring them coffee,
make them your friends.
Notice the blurriness
of the reality of time,
the borders of the physical reality.
One substance
There is a movement,
there is a dance of energies.
One substance.
All thoughts, sensations, sounds: one substance.
One current, kaleidoscopic movement.
And how you touch this substance,
how you dance within it,
it will respond.
It will mirror.
It is the substance of the present moment.
It is presence alive.
Knowing, infinitely intimate.
And if you push, it will feel sharp.
If you attune with gentleness,
you will know it as warm,
gentle,
loving.
That is the ultimate freedom.
Infinite creative possibility.
Dancing with aliveness
Play and master this dancing with substance, aliveness.
It is the Buddha field.
It is the body of Christ.
It is tremendous presence.
Within it, within it.
It is not around us.
In this endless sound,
in the thought,
in the sensation.
Sound is not heard.
The sound appears.
Sensations are not felt.
Sensations are.
Returning from thought
So if we are becoming lost in thought
and you notice,
you can say,
"Oh, I've been enjoying the world of thought.
I've been savoring the thinking mind,
imagination,
emotional turmoil.
It's tasty.
My prerogative to create
with all of these flavors."
That which creates,
that which dances,
that which savors,
that which we call I,
is peace itself.