THE DOOR THAT OPENS INWARDS
Life is created moment by moment, but the eye cannot see the space in-between. A space does exist — it is simply too small to be perceived.
In metamorphosis there is a stage where neither the caterpillar nor the butterfly can be said to exist. This is the hidden space in-between, where anything can be changed. The dissolution of the former self is so thorough that not one stone is left standing in its original place. And yet, death could not touch the caterpillar, even when it was broken into pieces.
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The lights went out, and everything changed.
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"Listen, I tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed — in an instant, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed. For the perishable must be clothed with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality."
— 1 Corinthian
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The Alchemy of Transformation
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The alchemical process requires authenticity, or it simply will not work. Trying to fake it — expecting to “make it” — is like a caterpillar sewing leaves onto its back, imagining it can fly, only to hit the ground and die moments after take-off.
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There are no shortcuts. Trying to cheat death yields nothing. But submitting to the process of metamorphosis achieves life after death.
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The transformational doorway cannot be opened by force. No amount of strength can break it down. Total surrender is the only key that will unlock it.
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It takes one kind of strength to batter down a door, and an entirely different kind of strength to wait in stillness, to trust, and to let the door open in its own time. Faith is required — because none can see the door.
Further Reading: The Un-Pickable Lock
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Some doors cannot be forced. Some locks cannot be picked.
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The Un-Pickable Lock explores coherence as creation’s seal — a lock built into the fabric of existence that no counterfeit key can open.
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Like the chrysalis, the lock protects what is hidden until its time. The only way through is not by strength, but by alignment — by becoming the key.
The Un-Pickable Lock is both a parable and a revelation: the seal of coherence is unbreakable, and when it opens, it does so in its own time.
The Door of No Return
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When the process of metamorphosis can be freely observed, what use is there in denying that caterpillars are butterflies in waiting? Of course the potential exists, and of course it can be realised. So why are we so quick to deny that a similar potential exists within us?
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Genuine alchemical transformation can only occur when one pattern is completely erased and a new pattern installed. The process requires a change of frequency, not simply a change of mind.
Any ideology that promises transformation without suffering is bound to fail, because death is not an accident of nature — it is an intrinsic part of it. Death is not optional. It is an absolute necessity. And once the process has begun, there is no turning back.
If I showed you a door and said, “If you walk through this door, you will die,” your natural inclination would be to turn and run away. This is why caterpillars were not given a choice. If they refused, there would be no butterflies.
But if I showed you the same door and said, “If you walk through this door, you will die — but you will be reborn as a new creation,” many would still turn away in fear.
Yet this is the way of metamorphosis: the only way forward is through death and resurrection.
Beauty Within
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One kind of beauty comes from how things are arranged on the outside. Another, deeper beauty comes from how things are arranged on the inside.
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Before you faint from fear, consider this: if a crawling worm can be transformed into a butterfly, how much greater must our potential for transformation be?
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The butterfly must struggle to free itself from the shell of the chrysalis. If any external assistance is offered, the process collapses, and life itself is lost. The struggle is not an accident — it is the proof of life.
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If something as fragile as a butterfly can overcome death and emerge out of darkness, then surely, so can you.
“The first gulp from the glass of natural sciences will turn you into an atheist, but at the bottom of the glass,
God is waiting for you”
Werner Heisenberg Quantum physicist