Beyond the Veil (or Gap): The Doorway to Each Other

Photo by Se. Tsuchiya on Unsplash - Showing an open door in the middle of a field of flowers.

This photo (from my Contact page) is a great example of the threshold between life and “death.”

As humans, we see the physical door and think, oh, there is separation!

But, what if there’s not?

What if we can feel something we can’t yet see?

If you’re psychic or intuitive or highly sensitive, you may know what I mean.

If you’re psychic, you probably consciously receive a lot of information and can decipher your intuition into translatable ideas and actions.

If you’re intuitive, you get “hits” or feelings that become clear later. But your abilities may not be fully conscious or intentional yet.

If you’re highly sensitive, you may pick up on changes in mood and energy.

As a psychic, I’ve been honored to connect with the souls of people and animals, whether they are in physical form or not.

Their bodies are gone but they are as alive as EVER.

When my ex-girlfriend’s mom popped in after transitioning, I was in the shower. I was not expecting a visit! I hadn’t even known she had “died.” She came in, speaking haltingly like she always did. I had forgotten how she spoke; we hadn’t spoken for 9 years and I had really missed her after my ex and I broke up!

She danced around the space as I shampooed my hair!

It was so mundanely natural and at the same time, amazing!

She said that she’d gone suddenly — there and then not there, like a quick intake of breath and exhale, and that she felt fantastic! I asked if it was because she was older when she transitioned, and she said, no. She’d been uncomfortable in her body since she was a girl. I had no idea!

Then she shared that she was worried her other daughter was going to spend her inheritance too fast! 😉

I didn’t know what to say to this but I told her I’d talk to her other daughter who is a friend.

I shared about her mom’s surprise visit and we both cried tears of joy and sadness over her passing.

My friend confirmed that her mom had gone quickly and suddenly, one minute there, one minute gone — exactly as her mom had told me!

And, I did ask her about her spending habits — which was not a fun part of the conversation — but backed off when my friend got defensive… Well, it was none of my business, anyway! 🤣

Even though I know that we’re all connected and even though I’ve talked with a fair number of souls, I still am amazed by it each time.

You can know something but to experience it directly is another story!

When I think about this situation, I’m amazed by how ordinary and yet miraculous it was.

Her body was gone but the connection was still there!

And here’s the thing, as we become less attached to our egos and personalities, something gives way.

We stop over-identifying with the material world and become more open to the energetic-intuitive world.

“Mind the gap,” the Brits say about the London Underground — the gap between the doors of the train and the walkway.

But what if we were to think of this gap as a placeholder for the space that exists between what we can see and what we can’t see?

In other words, what the brain cannot physically decipher?

There’s a lot of research, especially NDE research, that consciousness or energy exists outside the brain.

But when we ask our human bodies to compute this information, it’s like we glitch.

We see this doorway, the physical, and we think that’s all there is.

What if we thought of this doorway as the gap between who we are as souls and who we are as humans?

And — often through the loss of someone or something significant — we wake up so that we can sense this gap.

This is what many of the ancient traditions like meditation, yoga, Ayahuasca Ceremonies, or Shamanic work and/or more recent practices such as intuitive energy work create.

They lessen the gap and remind us of who we truly are as souls.

We all have this ability to connect — once we lessen our attachment and start connecting with our hearts and souls.

And this changes everything!

As the author of the famous post, "Yes, Virginia, There is a Santa Claus,” wrote, “The most real things in the world are those that neither children nor (wo)men can see.”

Maybe life and “death” are just like a train station with all of us coming and going and returning again. 💗

Photo by Fabian Jones on Unsplash