Gate’s in Thailand are not only to protect. Lot of times they are open. They show well being and wealth. When you have a big garden most of the time the house is at the end of the lane starting at a beautiful gate. A kind of dress to impress and the ego show must go on.
The image of a gate brings me to more and more experiences I have in my life. During my life in The Netherlands, after connecting with other people or friends entering their gate, a lot of times I felt happy I got the opportunity to enter my own gate again. Not so bad inside as I thought.
A lot of suffering behind ‘closed doors’ is going on. Showing the outside everything is fine. The show of happy living goes on. Using Facebook the outside world looks bright! Everybody (including me) most of the time shows ‘the best’. It’s all laugh, light and love. But… listening deeply, being available, being there… other stories occur. Lots of people are crying inside.
People hide between walls and have an inner threshold guard to protect themselves from being hurt (again) or showing their real world. Labyrinths, in a nice way, show the inner world and the outside world. Many people are trapped in their inner world and when they go outside they start to take care of others so they can forget their own war inside.
They are in a vicious circle believing that their
future is only the past again entering through maybe another gate. Not knowing
how to get rid of this disturbing inner believe hearing their inner voice
(voices from the past from others) instead of listening to their source of
silence.
Hiding has become a natural self learned pattern starting early in life. Most of the time not even necessary any more now. It has to do with showing the, not existing, ego being happy and valuable.
Osho says: “You think your ego is something valuable? People simply laugh at it. Except you, everybody else is against your ego. Except you, everybody else knows the ridiculousness of it – about your ego.
What is the ego? It is a very ridiculous standpoint. The ego says, “I am the center of the universe. The universe exist for me.” But you are not the center of the world – because the world was here when you were not, and the world will be here when you are not here. You cannot be the center. You are not the center. If there is a God, then only God can say “I”, nobody else. It’s okay as a formal expression.
The (not really existing) ego gives you an imaginary rock to stand on. It is just a dream. The ego is a declaration that “I am separate from others – separate from the trees, the sky, the sea, your ancestors – but you are not. To say ‘I’ is simply absurd. You cannot be independent, totally independent. So just be and know the ego is just only an imagination.”
How open is your gate? What are you hiding for? When you open your gate there is a lot valuable reality to discover for yourself outside your gate and for other people, without even knocking, inside your gate.
When you know who you are there is nothing to hide. It’s worth sharing. The world is waiting for you. Nothing courageous to be done. Do not show, just be and live.
Frans Captijn
Host / Catalyst / Talenteer at Captijn Insight
Captijn Insight: “Catalyst in your process to new sustainable flow. Whether you are an individual, couple, team or an organization.”
captijninsight@gmail.com
Hiding has become a natural self learned pattern starting early in life. Most of the time not even necessary any more now. It has to do with showing the, not existing, ego being happy and valuable.
Osho says: “You think your ego is something valuable? People simply laugh at it. Except you, everybody else is against your ego. Except you, everybody else knows the ridiculousness of it – about your ego.
What is the ego? It is a very ridiculous standpoint. The ego says, “I am the center of the universe. The universe exist for me.” But you are not the center of the world – because the world was here when you were not, and the world will be here when you are not here. You cannot be the center. You are not the center. If there is a God, then only God can say “I”, nobody else. It’s okay as a formal expression.
The (not really existing) ego gives you an imaginary rock to stand on. It is just a dream. The ego is a declaration that “I am separate from others – separate from the trees, the sky, the sea, your ancestors – but you are not. To say ‘I’ is simply absurd. You cannot be independent, totally independent. So just be and know the ego is just only an imagination.”
How open is your gate? What are you hiding for? When you open your gate there is a lot valuable reality to discover for yourself outside your gate and for other people, without even knocking, inside your gate.
When you know who you are there is nothing to hide. It’s worth sharing. The world is waiting for you. Nothing courageous to be done. Do not show, just be and live.
Frans Captijn
Host / Catalyst / Talenteer at Captijn Insight
Captijn Insight: “Catalyst in your process to new sustainable flow. Whether you are an individual, couple, team or an organization.”
captijninsight@gmail.com
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