Welcome.
For the next 17 days,
We'll walk together through the season of the Lion's Gate.
A time that many experience as one of heightened intention transformation and possibility.
Whether you believe the portal opens in the heavens.
Or simply within your own heart.
Tonight.
The journey begins.
Take a slow,
Deep breath in and gently breathe out again,
Breathing in and breathing out Allow the world around you to soften Imagine that twilight is setting over an ancient landscape.
The last golden rays of the sun rest upon withered stone Above you,
The first stars are beginning to appear One shines brighter than the rest Steady.
Radiant.
Ancient Its light seems to reach across unimaginable distance.
Until it gently touches the earth before you.
Where it lands,
A pathway begins to glow you take your first step.
And with every foot The path awakens Ancient symbols carved into the stone begin to shimmer beneath your feet.
As though they have been waiting.
Not for anyone.
But for this moment.
The air feels charged.
Not with noise but with quiet anticipation.
As if the earth itself.
Has drawn a slow,
Deep breath.
I heard.
An immense archway rises from the mountainside.
It is unlike anything you've ever seen.
Two great lions are carved into the stone.
Their eyes fixed upon the horizon.
Between them.
The Lion's Gate.
Its centre isn't solid stone.
It is a living light.
Golden.
Deep sapphire.
And soft violence.
The colors move like sunlight dancing across water as you draw closer you notice the portal is changing almost as though it had sensed your arrival.
The light gently ripples.
The symbols around its edge begin to glow Some say that during the Lion's Gate The distance between the earthly and the celestial feels just a little smaller.
As though the universe pauses.
Inviting us to listen.
You stand before the portal not ready to cross Not yet.
Tonight is simply the moment you answer the call take a breath and quietly ask yourself,
What is my heart truly ready to welcome?
Don't search for the perfect answer.
Notice the very first feeling that rises within you.
Perhaps it's peace.
Joy.
Abundance.
Healing.
Creativity.
Love.
Freedom.
Or perhaps it's something you've never found words for before.
Whatever you discover Imagine placing it gently into the living light before you.
The portal receives it without judgment.
Without hesitation its golden light begins to pulse softly.
As though your intention has become part of something much greater.
For a brief moment,
The light within the gateway parts.
Just enough for you to glimpse what lies beyond.
Not clearly.
Only a feeling.
A sense of limitless possibility.
A whisper of the journey still to come then.
The light gathers once more.
The gateway becomes still.
Waiting patiently.
Knowing you will return Take one final breath.
Feel the air filling your lungs.
Feel your feet resting upon the earth.
Carry the feeling of your intention with you.
Like a quiet flame protected within your hands And when you are ready,
Gently open your eyes Thank you for taking the very first step on this Lionsgate journey.
Tomorrow.
We'll enter the temple of intention.
Where every dream becomes its journey.
Toward reality.
Until then.
Walk gently.
Notice the signs that appear along your path and trust.
At every great journey.
Begins with a single step.
