The
Dweller on the Threshold is the place in our life where we face
our accumulated memory that has created our separate sense of
self. It is our
opportunity to release our conditioning through a great devotion
to that which is sacred, eternal, and connected with our true
nature. It is also
the beginning of the Heart Initiation.
In this experience we come to know that all along our
true nature has resided in our heart, doing its natural work of
witnessing, loving and forgiving our previous mistaken identity.
We understand our heart as always being present, whole,
and untouched by the transitory nature of life.
You
know you are a dweller on the threshold when you realize that
for the majority of your life your mind has been used to seek
pleasure and run from pain. This is a fundamental human
experience. But you long for a greater awakening and realization
of your higher purpose. Your
heart yearns to be completely open, and your soul and
personality desire to be united. In this place you have the
opportunity for a sacred dialogue to begin as you turn inward
and ask the most important human questions, “Who Am I” and
“What Do I Want!” Through
this inquiry your mind may become receptive to the truth within
and the answers may appear from your higher planes of
consciousness. These answers become the living experience of
your life and your direct connection with the divine.
Through
this compassionate awakening you may see that who you thought
you were can no longer define or express this new and authentic
way of being. You stand at the edge of your old conditioning,
'The Threshold'.
By realizing your limited self you may enter a place in your
being of great wonder and surprise, and your fears, insecurities,
and self-made image dissolve. Your heart opens to the mysterious
force of life which starts to flow through your every cell. At
this stage in your awakening you begin to
move away from your ego and enter the temple of your heart.
During this time you might experience what has been called 'The
Dark Night of the Soul'. You release what is known within your
being from the past. And
part of your conditioning dies as you open to your unknown,
mysterious, and childlike nature.
A great fear can arise as you approach this Threshold,
before entering the sacred space of your heart, which is the
Heart Initiation.
The
Heart Initiation occurs when we have seen through the illusory
nature of life and come to understanding that we are free from
entrapments. We learn to use thoughts and emotions as practical
tools of being human, but are no longer a slave to them. We
begin the mastery process of our lives. Our minds and emotions,
that have been previously sustaining our separate sense of self,
are now in service to our higher intention; one that is bound
for freedom, love, and eternal life. The Heart Chakra, located
above the Solar Plexus Chakra, opens through surrender of our
separate self. The Solar Plexus Chakra is related to the
emotional and mental field, and is the source of great suffering
for most people. This occurs through the belief that power is
derived from the personal self. Rarely as individuals do we
realize that all things come from God or life force. The mental
plane of consciousness is a field of memory that holds our past
experiences which have resulted in our conditioning. For most
humans we respond to daily
life through the filter of conditioning
and we rarely meet life anew.
The field that holds the memory of our experience in the
emotional and mental plane creates an energetic web that is very
difficult to overcome.
