The Silver Gate
Facing new experiences and the unknown
- Surrender the ego
- Live as a river flows and experience the surprise of your own life unfolding
- Reconnect to your regenerative forces
The White Gate
Changing identities, discovering one's true face
- Awaken to the essence of who you truly are
- Release and let go of fear, attachment, control, entitlement and the need to be special
- Do not seek approval or acting to be seen in a desired way
The Clay Gate
Intimacy, sensuality and sexuality
- Treat the body and mind as a temple
- Embrace intimacy with the World and give love
- Embrace the Goddess in each female as the beauty in a flower
- Breathe in the beauty and draw it up the spine to release sexual energy
The Black and White Gate
Relationships: the crucible of love, generosity, betrayal and forgiveness
- Release the tension of infatuation, the obsessive pursuit of an unrealistic unsustainable ideal
- Keep the heart open through gratitude, express patience, tolerance and compassion through the transformational character of forgiveness
The Rustic Gate
Creativity, service and generativity
- Let the beauty of what you love be what you do
- Be an example to younger generations, not a rival
- Leave a legacy by sharing your experience with your community
- Create a healing attitude to alleviate the suffering of others
The Bone Gate
Authenticity, character and wisdom
- Risk telling the truth about yourself. Be humble and honest
- Free yourself from anything that contributes to cynicism
- Create your own happiness and avoid trying to change others
- Your power is in your authenticity
The Natural Gate
The presence of grace: happiness, satisfaction and peace
- Embrace the naturalness of the Tao and express contentment, happiness and peace
- The centre of your being is your sanctuary
- Your ritual for renewal is in silence
The Golden Gate
Non-attachment, surrender and letting go
- Let go and move into a deep acceptance of all that you experience
- Create honourable closure in all of your activities to enable growth and new opportunities
- release yourself from the attachment of material gain, self importance and from the urge to control others.
The essence of a life lived with honour is to leave the World a better place through your thoughts, your words and your actions.
From the book 'The Second Half of Life' by - Angeles Arrien with edits and additions from David Williams
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