"...Open the door To another door, to another door To another door, to another door...."
Caroline Polachek sings like an angel. Her song "Door" is one that gets stuck on a loop in my brain, and I find that oftentimes, songs stuck in a loop are teaching me something, helping me realize something I haven't yet allowed myself to see, or that of which I need to be reminded. "Doors" brings to mind a vision I had in meditation one cloudy day in December. Outside of Portland, near the gigantic Forest Park, I was tending a puppy and a cat while their owners were traveling for the holidays. I drew myself a bath and declared the waters to be that of waters of insight. I added scented epsom salts and lit candles. I put on a guided YouTube meditation and lowered myself into the tub. I followed along with the guidance, and then there was a period of just music, creating that sacred space to meditate. I was pulled into a vision of a hallway of doors. One of the doors opened, and I stepped through to find another hallway, full of doors. This process contin