Are there any other portals apart from those you just mentioned?
Yes, there are. The Unmanifested is not separate from the
manifested. It pervades this world, but it is so well disguised that
almost everybody misses it completely. If you know where to look,
you’ll find it everywhere. A portal opens up every moment.
Do you hear that dog barking in the distance? Or that car passing by?
Listen carefully. Can you feel the presence of the Unmanifested in
that? You can’t? Look for it in the silence out of which the sounds
come and into which they return. Pay more attention to the silence
than to the sounds. Paying attention to outer silence creates inner
silence: the mind becomes still. A portal is opening up.
Every sound is born out of silence, dies back into silence, and during
its life span is surrounded by silence. Silence enables the sound to be.
It is an intrinsic but unmanifested part of every sound, every musical
note, every song, every word. The Unmanifested is present in this
world as silence. This is why it has been said that nothing in this
world is so like God as silence. All you have to do is pay attention to
it. Even during a conversation, become conscious of the gaps between
words, the brief silent intervals between sentences. As you do that,
the dimension of stillness grows within you. You cannot pay attention
to silence without simultaneously becoming still within. Silence
without, stillness within. You have entered the Unmanifested.