The Gate, the Bridge and the Fence

1

Through the gateless gate, the gate disappears: all is one. Nothing more can be said; nothing more can be thought: one hairbreadth’s difference and heaven and earth are set apart.

3 and 7

The shaman is a bridge between heaven and earth. So is the the prophet, the priest, the Christ, the Logos, the Mantra, the Shushumna, the Axis Mundi.

12

The garden is fenced about by the cycle of time, which is the orbit of the Earth around the Sun. Without a fence, all things fall apart and all things fly apart.