This is what meditation is all about. Thought is part of the
realmofthemanifested.Continuousmindactivitykeepsyou
imprisoned in the world of form and becomes an opaque
screen that prevents you from becoming conscious of the
Unmanifested, consciousof the formless and timeless God-
essenceinyourself andin all thingsandall creatures.When
you are intensely present, you don't need to be concerned
about the cessationof thinking,ofcourse,becausethemind
then stops automatically. That’s why I said the Now is an
essentialaspectofeveryotherportal.
Surrender — the letting go of mental-emotional
resistance to what is — also becomes a portal into the
Unmanifested.Thereasonforthisissimple:innerresistance
cuts you off from other people, from yourself, from the
world around you.It strengthens the feeling of separateness
on which the ego depends for its survival. The stronger the
feeling of separateness, the more you are bound to the
manifested,totheworldofseparateforms.Themoreyouare
bound to the world of form, the harder and more
impenetrable your form identity becomes. The portal is
closed, and you are cut off from the inner dimension, the
dimension of depth. In the state of surrender, your form
identity softens and becomes somewhat "transparent," as it
were,sotheUnmanifestedcanshinethroughyou.
It’suptoyoutoopenaportalinyourlifethatgivesyou
consciousaccesstotheUnmanifested.Get intouchwiththe
energy field of the inner body, be intensely present,
disidentifyfrom themind,surrender towhatis;theseareall
portalsyoucanuse—butyouonlyneedtouseone.
Surelylovemustalsobeoneofthoseportals?
No, it isn't. As soon as one of the portals is open, love is
present inyou as the "feeling-realization"of oneness. Love
isn't a portal; ifs what comes through the portal into this
world. As long as you are completely trappedin your form