Fairy Tale Spotlight: The Key

Doors are everywhere. They are an enigma until opened, but what if you were not allowed to open them at all. The door is there, but the knob just won't turn. Perhaps what is needed is a key.

There are a number of ways to open a door without finding a key, but there is nothing more eloquent than the act of inserting a key, turning the key, and hearing that notable click that denotes that the door will soon open. Much better than just knocking the thing down, in my humble opinion.

I am the first to admit to the existence of two types of doors in this universe. There are literal doors, and then there are figurative doors. Literal doors can be opened in a number of ways. Dynamite works quite well in most cases. Figurative doors require keys. The information they hold within cannot simply be taken without the proper credentials. But let's talk about the types of keys that these figurative doors may need.

One of my biggest troubles with figurative doors is, at first, knowing that they exist at all. Since you can't see them with your eyes, you certainly would be required to discover them in order to turn the knob. The key to uncharted doors is to know they exist in the first place. You may not necessarily need to insert a key and hear the click. It really is a matter of turning the knob once you find out that it's there.

These doors are often lost somewhere within your mind. There are surface doors which we travel in and out of every day. There are also dark doors in some of the deeper regions of who you are. These doors are often filled with things that are very troubling, but not at all dangerous. I always recommend that they be opened... if you can find them, that is.

Sometime these figurative doors are actually locked. The key used to open them can be a number of things... including a real physical key... if that key meant something to you. Keys are themselves symbols of unlocking. Looking at a key may inspire one of these figurative doors to be unlocked. The type and shape of key certainly is important here, just like they are for literal doors. Similarly to the previous two paragraphs, these physical keys can also help to make the door visible. This is a real thing. Consider looking into it.

As surprising as literal keys opening figurative doors is, you may not find it surprising at all to imagine figurative keys opening likewise figurative doors. A lot of the time these keys can be found through soul searching (as they say). The idea of it is to get enough courage or even reasoning to unlock a particular door. The contents of the door, in these cases, are not always secret, although their significance is almost always hidden from view. Once again, they should be opened at the nearest opportunity.

Ever heard of a rather creepy sort of thing known as a skeleton key? From what I understand, a skeleton key is a specialized key that can unlock any door. I often see them portrayed as an old fashioned key with a skull shape embedded in the base. However real skeleton keys look more like odd tools than actual keys. The former is the preferred image for this example though.

Figurative skeleton keys are real. Yes, I mean it. If you can obtain one, you can open up any one of those deep doors within yourself... if you can find them. Obtaining a figurative skeleton key (especially the cool looking one with the skull in the handle) requires a vast amount of free-thinking and open-mindedness. You have to be willing to open any and every door immediately upon finding them... even if its just a peek. Unlocked doors can always be returned to without the aid of a key.

Inside me there are two hallways that I know of with doors in it. Hallways are wonderful places to find doors. Without doors, the hallways would just go on forever or just reach a dead end. It is the purpose of hallways to lead to exists on either the left or right. The first hallway that I know of, which I found in a dream, is a darkened hallway lit by royal blue neon (light) strips that run along the middle of the walls all the way down. The doors themselves are sliding doors, but still require keys. Interestingly, the locks are to the left of the actual door. I figure that is where the latch for each sliding door is located. These doors all lead to bedrooms.

The second hallway is entirely made of black smoke. The floor is smoke. The walls are smoke. There is no ceiling. The "sky" is represented by a very, very dark purple gradient. The black smoke floor and walls are solid if you put your hand through it about an inch. So there really is something solid I am standing on, but it is shrouded by the black smoke. These doors are more traditional and have knobs and keyholes. The inside of many of these doors are known to me and I react to them in my own way.

There is also the theoretical one great or golden door. Figurative, of course. I don't know anything about this door as a fact. I often think it is a myth created by devils. If it does exist, I really doubt it is as interesting as people make it out to be. My feelings are that the many doors, as a collective, make up the person, and the one golden door, is merely a pipe dream that can't really be found. I could be wrong. I have never seen it or even felt it within the whole of my introspection.

Consider what I have said in today's blog. Consider yourself and try to see if you have similar experiences. What sort of hallways have you been to? What sort of keys have you found? Do you posses a skeleton key? Remember that simply being able to open a door does not mean that you will. Skeleton keys are only for the truly willing.

Also know that to open this door may not only be a look inside yourself. It may allow you to peer beyond yourself and into the nature of the universe. We were all made in the image of God. We have a piece of Him inside of us. The doors are there. If you have what you need, there's no reason not to, at the very least, take a little peek.

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