There are Three Gates that we all must face within ourselves in the Game of Life: The Great Riddle Gate, The Magic Mirror Gate, and the No Key Gate.
1) The Great Riddle Gate: This Gate is also known as the Gate of Worth and can be viewed as our self-consciousness. The Sphinxes who are Guardians and also partial creators of Riddles in Life, they can see into our heart.
If we approach this Gate with intent to pass through, but have energetic focal points of denials, lack, and judgments toward ourself which permeates beliefs of not worthy, then we will not be received and we die.
The key is how much confidence and self-worth do we have in believing in ourself. Can we trust ourself? Do we love ourself?
We have to be bold and sure of ourself when attempting anything in life, so the ancient clue is: Know thyself.
We all have our Inner Authority which will guide us back to ourself. This is what Socrates meant when he said: The unexamined life is not worth living.
2) The Magic Mirror Gate: If we successfully pass through the Gate of Riddles, our quest becomes more challenging because now we must be completely honesty with ourselves since there are no secrets in life.
This Gate is perceived as our subconscious and as we approach the Sphinxes, we will be driven mad as sniveling cowards if we lived a life of not being honest with ourselves.
This can be worse than death because our fate will drag us through life and give countless opportunities through experiences for the chance to be honest with ourself.
If we are not honest with ourselves, how can we be honest with anyone or anything in life. Self honesty begins with self love.
3) The No Key Gate: If we have survived the previous two Gates, we have reached a point within ourself that will do the opposite of what we want to do, meaning if I am trying to enter this Gate, I will not be able to enter.
How does this translate to our life experience? Majority of us have inherent battles with ourself and worry or obsess of fears, the what-ifs in life even before they happen, or even if they do happen.
Mark Twain said: I am an old man and have known a great many troubles, but most of them never happened.
In order to enter this final Gate, we must use our personal memory correctly. If we can see within ourselves that we have guided ourself to receive ourself no matter what, then we reach a point of absurdism when we identify all the mask we wear in order to play in the game of life.
We are all mirroring each other to show ourselves aspects within us that we have not accepted and yet deny or judge.
What if we fully accept ourself for who we are in the game of life and remember who we really are within the Cosmos?
This is what Shakespeare meant when he said: Out, out brief candle! Life is but a walking shadow, a poor player that struts and frets his hour upon the stage and is heard no more. It is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.
Once we embody this knowing, we have no desire to pass through the final Gate, which surprisingly will cause the Gate to open.
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