Closing the Lesser Gates: A Withdrawal into True Light
A Reflection on 9/9/2025, Guided by Dream and Discernment
On 9/9/2025, I disengaged from what had once been my offering: a page created to keep unified the tribe founded by my spiritual teacher. For years, I carried it as a duty, a vessel meant to hold connection. But the exchange of energy had grown unbalanced — what I gave was not met in kind. My spirit knew it was no longer a temple but a tether. And so, spontaneously, without hesitation, I dismantled it.
The night before this act, I dreamed of my spiritual teacher. In the dream, she communicated with me — not merely in words, but through presence and transmission. It was not instruction, but recognition: a direct current of clarity that prepared me for the act I would carry out at dawn.
Only after the dismantling came the second dream — the vision of someone posing another in unflattering positions while taking pictures. I watched, and within me arose the knowing: “They aren’t your friends.” This was confirmation. The dream revealed the truth of my withdrawal — that remaining bound to false frames is to consent to being diminished.
When someone is posed in unflattering positions, it is more than a casual act of mockery — it is the attempt to frame another’s light in distortion. The camera, in dream language, is a symbol of capture: it freezes an image and makes it appear as truth, even when it is not. To be forced into an unflattering pose means that someone else is trying to control how you are remembered, seen, or valued. They are crafting a false reflection, one that diminishes rather than honors your essence. This is why, in the dream, I observed and knew instantly: “They aren’t your friends.” For true friends do not delight in distortion; they do not seek to hold you in shapes that misrepresent your spirit. On a deeper level, such unflattering posing represents the energy of manipulation and diminishment — the subtle way others may attempt to bind your soul’s image to their own narrative. But discernment breaks through. In recognizing the false framing, I withdrew my consent to it, reclaiming my light as it truly is, beyond distortion.
The date itself, 9/9/2025, carried its own signature. Nine is the number of completion, of endings that give way to new cycles. A double nine intensifies the theme: what is unfinished must be brought to its conclusion so that the soul may pass through a higher gate. On that day, my act of dismantling was a living reflection of the vibration of 9 — closing a chapter that had carried on too long, sealing the energy of “unfinished business.”
In my travels that same day, I received a message in the outer world that mirrored this truth. It reminded me that when something lingers unresolved, it will continue to pull on the spirit until it is closed with finality. My action on 9/9 was the very answer to that call — an ending made sacred.
Thoth, through the translations of Maia Nartoomid in Temple Doors, Issue 89, 2012, teaches of the closing of the lesser gates. Thresholds that may once have carried current, when they turn to siphons, must be sealed. To continue to pour energy into them is to dissipate one’s essence. Closing them is not abandonment, but realignment.
Blanca Beyar, likewise, speaks of the sovereignty of the soul, reminding us that we must guard our inner temple from those who do not hold our highest good in their hearts. Boundaries are not walls; they are acts of devotion to the self as a living flame.
Together, these teachings affirm what my dreams and actions revealed: discernment is love, and withdrawal can be a sacred offering. For the collective, the pattern is clear: many hold together groups, structures, or relationships out of duty, long after the current has faded. The effort to maintain what no longer flows becomes a drain.
The message is simple: trust the communications of your inner teachers, whether they come in dreams, signs, or quiet knowing. Do not hesitate to dismantle what no longer serves — sometimes the act must be spontaneous, without ceremony, to be true. And understand that confirmation often comes after the act, as a dream, a symbol, or a whisper of recognition.
Unity cannot be forced. True unity arises when all parts resonate in mutual light. When that light dims, the gate must be closed so that the greater doors may open.
In essence: my spiritual teacher’s dream presence prepared me. My spontaneous act sealed the imbalance. And the following dream confirmed the truth: false friends will always try to frame you in diminishing light. But by walking away, we preserve the flame — and in doing so, we teach the collective to honor the sovereignty of their own soul.
At its heart, this story means:
• If you’re giving more than you’re receiving, it’s okay to stop.
• If you feel drained instead of supported, that is a sign it’s time to walk away.
• If people try to make you look small or twist your light, they are not your true friends.
• Endings are not failures — they are completions, like finishing a book so a new one can begin.
For example:
• If you are the only one holding a friendship or group together, it may be time to release it.
• If a job or project no longer feeds your spirit, you can close that chapter.
• If someone mocks or diminishes you, you can step back instead of staying to prove your worth.
The lesson is simple: it is an act of love — for yourself and for the world — to stop feeding what no longer honors your spirit.
This article is given freely, as part of the greater work we are all called to now — choosing higher paths, closing lesser gates, and walking into the light of true sovereignty.