The doorway is a significant symbol.
When one passes through a doorway of initiation, there is no real way back
to who one was before. A doorway is a test, a threshold.
However, there is no "initiation", understanding is earned, a ceremony merely
marks the change, or perhaps crystallizes a change, such as fasting, or staying up all night.
Someone who journeys to the top of Mount Everest, comes down a different person than
he was when he set out. But there would have been many months of planning, preparation,
training, acclimatization beforehand.
Think of the same thing with awakening.
Mr. Gurdjieff constantly emphasized the need for long and prolonged effort to achieve results.
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