Regeneration

 Re-reading...and really getting it this time

"The Silver Gate"

The challenge of the Silver Gate is to reconnect to our regenerative forces and stay connected to them.  You must develop the capacity to be fluid and flexible like water, warm like fire, and solid like a mountain, or you will suffer soul loss.

Soul loss, or disconnection from what is life-giving and meaningful, often reveals itself at the Silver Gate.  Its symptoms can take the form of inertia, apathy, anxiety, emptiness, depression, futility, or numbness.  They may also appear as confusion, preoccupation, self-doubt, restlessness, irritation, a tendency to be extremely critical, or a lack of vitality.  These states often signal the end of something important, such as a long-term job or relationship, and the recognition that something new and regenerative has yet to emerge.