You can call it fear, or free will or the freedom you have, to choose what you’d like with your life which is your gift.
As long as you remain inside the closet holding on to your life to do as you please, be it in fear or assuming you have the right to live however you please with your life, by indulging in sensual pleasure or drugs or whatnot, being lazy, not being responsible for the things you have committed to, you remain behind that closet door in a small space without much freedom.
You have locked yourself away from eternity, or eternal life where God lives, where real freedom exists. God is waiting for you to understand that it’s only when you realize this and surrender willfully to God, to let go of your individual egoistic desires and ideas and plans for your life.
It’s only when you understand that you are not separate from this universe or from God, that you are part of the whole and therefore responsible not just for yourself, which itself is a big deal, take for instance, taking care of your body by feeding it healthy food, exercising to keep it working in full potential etc, so only when you realize that you are responsible not just for yourself, but those you are been granted or gifted to take care of, and that includes the plants and animals, the earth as well, then you graduate to move from the small space which you believe to be yours into the abundance that God has in store for you.
So, you can remain in that small space and try to escape it by doing things like yoga, meditation etc, but the whole point is, you don’t need to do any of those but just pay attention to what is being asked of you and be willing to do that and then you will become ready to get out into the open universe waiting for you patiently to arrive!
This reflection feels like a parable of confinement, where a locked closet becomes the soul’s trial.
The thin space beneath the door is hope itself, a fragile passage toward freedom and light.
Yoga, fasting, meditation, and prayer are imagined as ways to endure, to keep despair at bay.
Yet the poem humanises struggle by asking whether strength alone can break the barrier of fear.
The presence of someone outside with the key transforms the metaphor into dialogue with God.
It asks whether freedom is earned through obedience or claimed through authenticity of self.
The closet becomes a mirror of our choices, while eternity waits patiently beyond the door.
God’s key is not force but invitation, a question of readiness to step into life’s fullness.
The poem humanises eternity as both sanctuary and marketplace, a space of belonging and choice.
Ultimately, Eternity whispers that liberation is not escape but acceptance stepping beyond fear into love.
You can call it fear, or free will or the freedom you have, to choose what you’d like with your life which is your gift.
As long as you remain inside the closet holding on to your life to do as you please, be it in fear or assuming you have the right to live however you please with your life, by indulging in sensual pleasure or drugs or whatnot, being lazy, not being responsible for the things you have committed to, you remain behind that closet door in a small space without much freedom.
You have locked yourself away from eternity, or eternal life where God lives, where real freedom exists. God is waiting for you to understand that it’s only when you realize this and surrender willfully to God, to let go of your individual egoistic desires and ideas and plans for your life.
It’s only when you understand that you are not separate from this universe or from God, that you are part of the whole and therefore responsible not just for yourself, which itself is a big deal, take for instance, taking care of your body by feeding it healthy food, exercising to keep it working in full potential etc, so only when you realize that you are responsible not just for yourself, but those you are been granted or gifted to take care of, and that includes the plants and animals, the earth as well, then you graduate to move from the small space which you believe to be yours into the abundance that God has in store for you.
So, you can remain in that small space and try to escape it by doing things like yoga, meditation etc, but the whole point is, you don’t need to do any of those but just pay attention to what is being asked of you and be willing to do that and then you will become ready to get out into the open universe waiting for you patiently to arrive!