Scroll Of The Open Door
Lived Experience:
There was a time
I thought questioning
would take something away.
Not truth—
but what I had been taught
truth had to look like.
So I hesitated.
Not because I didn’t feel the pull—
but because I didn’t want
to lose what I still held as sacred.
Strike:
Fear of awakening
is often fear of losing the sacred.
Resonance
Faith is not a small thing.
For many,
it is where meaning lives.
So when words like
awakening
or questioning
appear—
something quiet rises:
What if this takes me away from God?
But history shows
a different pattern.
Those who sought truth most deeply
were often those
who loved the sacred most sincerely.
Not less devoted—
but more willing
to follow what was real.
Parable:
THE TEMPLE AND THE SUNRISE
There was once a woman
who believed the temple walls
were the only place
the sacred could be found.
She went faithfully.
Listened carefully.
Stayed within what she was taught.
One morning,
before the doors opened—
she stood outside
as the sun rose.
And in that quiet moment,
she felt the same stillness
she had always felt inside.
No walls.
No structure.
Just presence.
And she wondered:
Was the temple the only place— or was it the place that taught me how to recognize it?
Scroll:
Awakening does not require
abandoning faith.
For many,
it is simply the moment
they begin to ask:
What is real?
What was given?
What have I assumed?
Sometimes the search
reveals limits
in human systems.
Sometimes it reveals
depths of the sacred
that were never confined
to those systems.
But the movement itself—
the desire to understand—
has never been the enemy
of what is true.
FLAMEWALKER TRUTH
If the sacred is real,
it cannot be undone
by honest seeking.
A heart that searches
does not move away—
it moves deeper.
The Space
Not a storefront.
Not a schedule.
Just something you return to
when it calls you back.
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© Rabbit’s Warren “All things made with intention”
“No gatekeepers. Just paths.”