The Intuitive Life: Open Doors and Venture Forth By Margaret Ruth Huffington Post (Tick the Title to be redirected there)

I love doorways and entryways. Every time I enter a home, garden, store or the like; I think for a brief moment~hm~ this isn't it, but it is...
The Post Offices always have that smell of acrid movement; and that room before, that entrance hall. Prepares you, no?
The church has some kind of hallway or entrance way. Those do vary from exceptional to drab in my experience, but all have that~hm~ what is this for sense...
The stores have varying entrance ways, as do the malls, hospitals and schools. Gyms, wellness centers, and different kinds of buildings have that area to stop, put your keys in your pocket and close your umbrella place, usually.
Symbolically I love doorways; thresholds, entranceways of all kinds. This is why this article by Margaret stopped me to take a quick look and then prompted me to 'cut and paste' it to my entranceway. My doorway that leads to my little place here where I open doors, and look in, and venture forth a spell and then back again, I think. Sometimes roam the new environment, sometimes just leave the door open to see, smell and hear what comes forth.
I also like how literature uses doorways. C. S. Lewis has the wardrobe, but also has the rings, ponds and such. Madeline L'Engle uses portals that seem like a doorway and there is always someone at the door. Then there is Alice, down the rabbit hole and through the looking glass. In her attempts to enter various doorways she has to be first altered to do so. That is so brilliant since the doorway is such a symbol, isn't it?
And what of that rabbit hole? Is it like being born, or born 'again', a new realization maybe? I don't know, but I do think there is some room for speculation, always.
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Doorways as a symbol carry quite a bit of meaning. They are a promise, a beckoning, an invitation. Just as opening a physical door leads us across a threshold and into a new space, opening metaphysical doors of the psyche and of our deepest desires allow us to take on new adventures and experiences. The problem, though, of doorways seems to be that many wonder whether they are choosing the right door; they worry about those not chosen or what will be left behind if they venture on through.
You can use your intuition and imagination to explore the doorways facing you right now. By doing this, you can heighten your awareness of your possibilities and of the fears that might be holding you back.
Here's one idea of how to do this: Start by setting up a quiet time and space and focusing within. Visualize a blank screen in your mind's eye and allow images of doors to present themselves. You might get just one; you might see many. Now play with them. You can open them all at once or one at a time. You can check to see what vista presents itself in the opening. You could literally get objects, times, dates or people, or you could get more dream-like symbols or landscapes.
As you do this, let your intuition educate you on these possibilities. Watch how you feel when you cross through the door opening. For instance, if there is a new job or career on the other side, are you happy? Are you afraid? Do you resist exploring what is there?
If you do not know which door to choose, or are resistant to taking a new path, then you can imagine leaving them all open for a while. Holding this type of image in your consciousness instructs the psyche to stay available for possibilities. Or, you can imagine that you can go through all these openings without losing anything. You can remind yourself that even if you explore one doorway, you can always leave and try another. You can remember that you don't have to miss anything by crossing the threshold and adding a new adventure.

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