Chapter 8 - The Gates of Light

Written on 01/01/2026

Stephen Ridley

Chapter 8 - The Gates of Light

The wounded healer - when bleeding look for someone with scars.

The link between the Gates of Light and service is not always easily understood.

The Gates are like the layers of an onion. The onion grows from the inside out. The more you become part of the skin, the more you realize that you protect the core, much like parents protecting children, or the ability to nurture growing.

The Gates of Light are protective layers or safeguards connecting the path back to Source (or to God, Allah, Jehovah, Heaven or the One if you prefer). They are passed in stages by those who recognize and acknowledge their own loyalty to the Creator. They also prevent the unworthy causing disruption and destroying the fabric of creation. The learning of the Gates of Light defines the path as to how knowledge of the truth is acquired and accessed, and brought back again into the temporal world.

There are nine Gates of Light in total, seven plus two. The first seven are accessible from the temporal world by all conscious, free will Beings. The last two, the eighth and ninth, are accessed for the first time after temporal death for those who have passed the first seven Gates.

Those Beings that exist in the temporal world that fully accept the Christ Being within them for the first time and live in total service to the One, alongside all other created Beings, can access all nine of the Gates of Light during successive lives. True Christianity is an acquired knowledge of the divine, living and learning through the journeys and ways taught by all of the avatars, giving many paths back to Source. This enables all conscious Beings to serve others to the same level as the Christ Being (the manifest will of God or the One) within the temporal world, through individual free will choice within any chosen faith or belief system. The paths are not exclusive, but the Gates of Light are the same for all.

Those who temporarily choose to be in the shadows below the first Gate also have free will, because this initial level of shared consciousness is a mirror in others that enables the help and understanding to choose an individually sustainable path for each Being.

The good news is that all Human Beings are capable of progressing, of recognizing the Christ Being within them and living that way, and of ascension back to Source. Human Beings were created in the image or vision of God. However, the majority of Human Beings have not yet progressed beyond the first Gate of Light. There are primary conditions or tests to pass before passing through each Gate. I will outline this channeled knowledge and give examples of real Human lives of which you may be familiar or that you could research yourself. Some are famous and some less so.

Before the first Gate is 0, representing both nothing, before the start of the journey, and no thing or the One, the duality of God’s creation which is both infinite and circular (please see Chapter 5). The first Gate represents recognition of the whole of creation, the single line that points to a joining between Heaven and Earth, and vice versa, the number I.

Although the Gates appear to be one-directional and linear, they are circular in nature, bottom to top then back down to the temporal, and top down from the angelic then back again, as each new learning is created and perfected within the model. There have been other models and there will be more. Did you think that Human Beings were the only Beings created, the first or the last? Or that the Big Bang was anything more than a Big Bang, incompletely observable through the current laws of physics which can by definition only be a part of the whole? The fifth dimension is a progression in the current learning model.

To pass the first Gate of Light, each Being must not only show that they recognize the nature of creation, but also that they live by it to the very best of their ability, The Golden Rule if you prefer. This is when you recognize love as the driving force of creation, when someone or something else is more important than one-self.

This can be done through any faith or belief system, provided it is done both morally and with integrity, without any form of separation. This means that you must make every effort to make your peace with everyone before being able to progress. You cannot use God as a reason or an excuse to harm another Being, Human or otherwise. You must aim for completely the opposite and to help others to understand this. Good early examples of this would be Zoroaster, the Buddha and Marcus Aurelius.

Zoroaster was one of the first Human Beings to teach of the one God (Azura Mazda) who is at the same time cardinal, creation (the what that is Azura Mazda, also within creation and therefore temporal), free will (the choice that was created for Beings) and morality (the collaborative values by which to live). Note especially the duality of the cardinal and the temporal in Zoroaster’s message. His message pre-dated that of the Buddha.

The Buddha’s message was to reinforce and sustain this message through the teaching of a Middle Way between the extremes of light and dark, existence and learning, or the circumpunct or balance between the cardinal and the temporal, which enables the connection between Heaven and Earth and a return to Source (the whole or One).

Marcus Aurelius was a Roman Emperor and philosopher. Within his book, Meditations, which is a philosophy of service, you can observe the link to the teachings of Zoroaster and the Buddha. He looked to nature to find lessons in balance and harmony. Using this example of how to live, it seems that even the most powerful people on Earth are capable of learning how to do this and to serve others.

Once the first Gate of Light has been passed, there is no turning back to a lesser life. Any choice to do so would be seen as a betrayal of the pure love that is given. If you do, this is essentially the first time you will unleash universal displeasure, which Human Beings might interpret as divine fury, because you have become unworthy of that gift and would have to re-learn that love is giving.

Ascending through the first two Gates of Light are the most important since, once these two have been passed, the passage from the third to the seventh Gate can accelerate quickly.

The second Gate of Light represents the Chiron, or the wounded healer. All healers have passed the second gate, a gift for service at both higher and lower levels. The wound is why most Human Beings have not passed beyond the first Gate.

To do this, you must be prepared to sacrifice your own life for others in the name of the common good, knowing and accepting that you may die in service of and for others. This requires extraordinary courage, and consciously thinking and acting despite your fears.

Chiron represents two symbols, Chi (Χ), the cross-roads, and Rho (Ρ), the key.

Chi is the 22^nd letter of the Greek alphabet, comprising 2 and 2, the collaboration of the temporal warriors of the light. Ch’i is also the life-force in Chinese culture. This spiritual link between east and west is not a mere ‘coincidence’ - language is also symbolic (a signpost) of universal intention, the word of God; how else could the untransformed consciousness within all faith systems, cultures and belief systems understand the shared and common messages in order to transform? The numbers 2 and 2 also represent 4, the symbolic cross-roads from the fourth dimension to the fifth, the Golden Age.

Rho is the 17^th letter of the Greek alphabet, comprising 1 and 7, indicating the primary link from the first Gate of Light through to the seventh. Combined with Chi, including an overlay of the Greek symbols Chi (X) and Rho (P), ChiRho is the Christogram that represents the Christ warrior. No Being can become a Christ Being or a Christ (Light) warrior until they have passed the second Gate of Light, self-sacrifice or a sacrifice of the self within.

A good example of a Human Being who has passed the second Gate is Claus von Stauffenberg, a warrior who risked his life in an attempt to stop Adolf Hitler, and who paid the ultimate, including his own torture and death. You might argue that he and the other Valkyries were not successful in this act, but that is not important since it is based on own sacrifice for the common good not the result itself. ‘Greater love has no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.’ - John 15:13.

You can see, with hindsight, how the universe works in what Stauffenberg and the other Valkyries achieved. Had they managed to stop him directly, Hitler would have become a martyr, with a possible extension of the war and even greater and longer tem destruction for many innocent Human Beings. As it was, the intention unbalanced to the extent that Hitler was never the same again, and as a result the war he promulgated came to an earlier and ultimately successful conclusion, saving additional Human-created pain and suffering.

There are undoubtedly those who have died, suffered or risked their own lives in war, including both warriors and conscientious objectors, in the service of others. Provided they acted with the right intentions to serve others in the name of the common good and with personal integrity, it may be of comfort to know that they have already passed the second Gate of Light. They have already passed the test, and their passage is assured.

The third Gate of Light represents wisdom. Wisdom is partial knowledge, the number 3 being an incomplete version of the number 8 or infinity pointing from Heaven to Earth. The number 8 represents the infinite angelic realm, when temporal Beings can depart the temporal world for the purely spiritual world, and vice versa.

To pass the third Gate, you must have a love of wisdom and seek the truth, not for yourself, but to help the enlightenment of others. This journey is your sacrifice of what you would otherwise want for you. The aim will always be for the common good.

Philosophy is a love of wisdom, a search for higher meaning and truth. I have already mentioned Zoroaster and the Buddha, two avatars, and Marcus Aurelius the philosopher. Another good example is Plato.

Plato was the first western philosopher to recognize the ‘shadow of the forms’, that the light creates a temporary shadow as a form that can be readily seen. Hindus will recognize this as the ‘veil of Maya or illusion’. Human Beings can see reality in the current physical form but, by seeing beyond that, the true nature of reality can be understood; in other words, the Source or Light that manifests it. Plato also supported the idea that the most worthy leaders are those with a love of wisdom, knowledge and truth, essentially serving those who elect or follow them, the so-called ‘Philosopher Kings’.

The fourth Gate of Light represents awareness of infinite consciousness, such that the mind becomes part of universal consciousness, helping to connect the temporal with the spiritual. This can be glimpsed or felt though the here and now, an immersion in the connection with nature, and sometimes through meditation. A good example of someone who has passed the fourth Gate would be Eckhart Tolle, a successful German writer on inner transformation and spiritual enlightenment.

The fifth Gate of Light represents a two-way inversion of the second Gate. This is the mid-point when angelic warriors are manifested between both the temporal and spiritual worlds. This means that previous light warriors and light workers can awaken or be awakened to return to service, and new ones are created with connection to pure spirit.

The connection is between pure energy and the form of energy. As a result, Beings at this level are able to see or sense pure energy, such as the auras and intention of other Beings, and sometimes the ‘past’ or ‘future’. To pass the fifth Gate, you must want, submit and agree to serve the universe. All prophets have passed beyond the fifth Gate.

The sixth Gate of Light represents submission to returning to the temporal world whenever required as a warrior of the light, the symbol of 6 being a spiraling down from the Heavens, a grounding of universal intention. Therefore all Beings that have passed the sixth Gate have agreed to progress to the seventh Gate.

The sixth gate, when you are ready, can also be accessed from the temporal world, striving for the balance between the temporal and spiritual within one-self, uniting the sacred and the profane within you, a walking of the Middle Way, a letting go that is a stepping stone into the purely spiritual world.

The seventh Gate of Light, the last of the temporal access is when channeling of the universal intention takes place. All avatars have passed the seventh Gate, sometimes known as seventh heaven. This is where the universal mind is connected to the temporal world, and new things can be manifested, including the same or a similar message, which is only possible to be corrupted below the first Gate of Light.

The eighth Gate of Light represents angelic service, Beings created for and in service of the universe. Beings created with this purpose in mind also serve other Beings using their own consciousness and free will. New angels can therefore be created from Human Beings, Earth angels. The Earth is a ‘seeding’ ground for new souls.

Some of the originally created Beings rebelled against the Creator using their free will choice and fell below the first Gate of Light, and tried to use the counter-point to positive and constructive energy by taking actions that promoted chaos and destruction. Demons were angels that chose a selfish path. Many that fell did not submit to the process of the Gates of Light during the battle of Armageddon and so could not return to Source. This outcome was a test of the learning model as a precursor of the process that Human Beings also have to learn.

In this eighth realm, the intention of separation is no longer possible. To pass the eighth Gate of Light you must agree to the test of true leadership (in Chapter 6).

Beyond the ninth Gate of Light is the structure of the mind of God for the whole, where wholeness or Holiness is created. This is where the perfect learning model is conceived, in other words, the universe is created and where all created minds, the thoughts of energy, are connected, and serve and love as One. The symbol 9 represents spiraling up to the Heavens, the inverse of 6.

Ten (1 and 0 conjoined) is an infinite circulation or repeat of the model. It is used in binary code, the structure of the universe, also used in mathematics, another type of created language. It is the structure of energy, reality and all forms of creation.

The numbers 1, 2, 3 and 4, representing the four main temporal Gates, also add up to the perfect number of 10. This connection was first made by the philosopher Pythagoras, the father of mathematics. Pythagoras created the tetractys, a three-cornered pyramid with four points to illustrate this, and was the first to divine the number 10 as the Holy number.

The ancient Egyptians also knew this, creating the four-cornered pyramids at Giza. The fifth, the apex, points to and from Heaven. This apex represents and foretold of the fifth dimension, when the Christ Being manifests on Earth, and the transformation of Human consciousness is accelerated towards Heaven. The timetable was set and channeled during the time of the Mayans, preparation for the Day of Judgement after tribulation.

However, this judgement is not the final one. Human Beings that have not passed the first Gate of Light will reincarnate to have other chances to pass these Gates using only their free will to choose until the experiment is completed in 2,536 A.D., the Last Judgement.

Only creation is sustainable during the period of the fifth dimension, the Golden Age, and all creation is possible with the universal intention of love. Who goes to Heaven is written in the Book of Life.