{"product_id":"the-door-iii","title":"The Door III","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Door III by ANN CICIANI. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Resin casts on board. White spray paint and satin spray varnish. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDimensions: 64cmW x 104cmH\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\n\u003cem\u003e'The Door' represents the door to higher levels of consciousness. (Ref: Aldous Huxleys’ book ‘\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Doors_of_Perception\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eThe Doors of Perception')\u003c\/a\u003e. Looking through the door outward (e.g. through our own perspective) - we see life only from our individual point of view- therefore our perception of reality is highly subjective to the individual. Looking through the door inward (e.g. introspection, meditation etc) we expand our consciousness to a higher level beyond our own e.g. ie the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Collective_unconscious\" target=\"_blank\"\u003euniversal collective consciousness ref. Carl Jung \u003c\/a\u003eand we can perceive a higher level of reality. The key to opening the door is wisdom and \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.pursuit-of-happiness.org\/history-of-happiness\/buddha\/the-eightfold-path\/#:~:text=Right%20Action\u0026amp;text=Just%20as%20our%20thoughts%20influence,a%20life%20of%20similar%20values.\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eright action\u003c\/a\u003e (represented by the keys) but for each person this is different. Our task in life is to unlock this higher level of consciousness dormant within us all by finding the right key of wisdom personal to us (like the missing piece of our own jigsaw puzzle). When we find this key we can unlock the door. Along our journey we are given signs and synchronicities by our guides- be they synchronicities, animals or from the angelic realms. I think of butterflies and bees and dragonflies as guides. The serpent is the final obstacle to getting through the door. It represent our \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.orionphilosophy.com\/stoic-blog\/the-shadow-carl-jung\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eshadow self\u003c\/a\u003e. This is the side of ourselves that the consciousness represses because we don’t want to face the darkness within ourselves. But if we can face this final challenge and defeat the serpent (our shadow) nirvana or heaven or \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cosmic_Consciousness\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ecosmic consciousness\u003c\/a\u003e is finally ours. This is the journey we all must face. It is the hero’s journey.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ann Ciciani","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42383127904338,"sku":null,"price":2550.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0103\/2012\/files\/FullSizeRender_8add3d37-29f1-450f-8bbd-a640c3035219.jpg?v=1777418353","url":"https:\/\/redartgallery.com\/products\/the-door-iii","provider":"RED","version":"1.0","type":"link"}