Being at the Gate of your Heaven

As with the seed of a flower,

so too with you, surrender to the earth is needed first.

Through relaxation,

in the safe refuge of the earth,

you open up the light and warmth within you,

which helps you to grow

and blossom.

Only when your drive to manifest

comes to rest, because you long for that what you are,

will you experience what emanates from within you.

Only when your need for bodily manifestation

comes to rest,

will you experience how abundantly your energy begins to flow.

On a sunny day, Anandajay sits in meditation under a large, expansive tree on a hill. The sun shines through the leaves and casts spotted shadows on the ground. The landscape is filled with dry grass and scattered pines, with an unpaved path winding up the hill.

Only when you let go of your interest in the senses,

because of their constant focus,

do you experience your inner values.

Only when you recognize your intellectual understanding and knowledge

as a faculty that occupies, clings to, and blocks your experience,

do you experience the unveiling expanse of peace.

Only when you allow yourself to “be here” as a whole,

do you experience connectedness with all that "is."

Only when you allow your inner self the freedom to do so,

do you experience that everything you experience is pure love.

Only when you meditate like this

do you sit at the open door of your heaven

and are you illuminated

by the spiritual light

of authenticity.

* Translated from Dutch using DeepL (AI)

Book cover 'Bezieling door Inzicht - 200 levensthema's voor innerlijke groei' by Anandajay

Translation of the text: 'Bezieling door Inzicht - 200 levensthema's voor innerlijke groei', thema: 130. Aan de poort van je hemel zitten. (Only available in Dutch.)

Anandajay dressed in white, sitting on a reed braided chair with white pillow

Anandajay (which means "blessing from the heart") has been dedicated to integrating the spiritual essence into daily life for over 50 years. He has developed twelve teachings (spiritual practices), 50 music albums (mantras, pujas and ragas) and twenty books (written in Dutch) to bring you closer to the natural basis of your existence, your spiritual authenticity, and its wholesome, joyful essence, so that it can also be your shining, spiritual guide in your life. He expresses the core value of his work as: The Light of Being.