The 8/8 Portal: Who Are You Choosing to Become?
There is a lot of talk in the spiritual world about the 8/8 Portal, or the Lion’s Gate Portal, which reaches its energetic peak on 8 August. But for me, this isn’t about sitting back and waiting for a magical portal to open and suddenly change our lives. It’s an opportunity.
An opportunity to become more conscious of the energy we are carrying, the patterns we are repeating and, most importantly, who we are choosing to become.
Whether you feel these energetic gateways strongly, subtly, or not at all, I think there is something incredibly powerful about collectively choosing a moment in time to stop, reflect and consciously shift. And right now, I feel humanity is being asked to make a profound shift. Not just in what we say we want, but in what we repeatedly think, feel, believe and embody.
We Can't Create Something New While Living From the Old
So much of our lives can be lived unconsciously. We react, we worry, we overthink and we expect the worst because we've experienced the worst before. We hold onto beliefs about ourselves that were formed years, sometimes even decades, ago. Before we know it, we're trying to create a completely different life while carrying exactly the same energy that helped create the one we're trying to change.
This is where the deeper work comes in. We need to begin teaching our bodies that it is safe to experience something different. That it is safe to receive, safe to be seen, safe to speak, safe to love, safe to rest, safe to succeed, safe to experience abundance and safe to step beyond the version of ourselves we've known.
Because sometimes consciously we can be screaming, "I'm ready!" while somewhere deeper within us, our nervous system is saying, "Absolutely not. This is unfamiliar. Retreat immediately." And that's why transformation isn't simply about positive thinking. It's about embodiment. It's about getting our mind, body and energy working together rather than consciously wanting one thing while unconsciously preparing ourselves for something completely different.
Your Energy Is Creating With You
I talk a lot about energy because everything we experience has an energetic component. The energy you carry influences how you walk into a room, how you communicate, what you notice, what you believe is possible, what you accept, what you reject and what you allow yourself to receive. Ultimately, it influences how you experience your reality.
Think about how differently you move through the world when you feel confident, open and connected compared with when you feel fearful, overwhelmed or stuck in survival mode. You notice different opportunities. You have different conversations. You connect with different people. You make different choices. You treat your physical body differently and your relationship with receiving, abundance and possibility changes.
This isn't about blaming ourselves when difficult things happen. Life happens. We live in a physical world with other people, circumstances and experiences that we cannot always control. But we can become more conscious of what we continue to carry after those experiences.
Fear, scarcity, overwhelm, survival, old stories and old beliefs can become so familiar that we don't even realise they're still running in the background. Some of those patterns may have once protected us or helped us navigate a particular period of our lives, but that doesn't mean we need to carry them forever. At some point we get to ask ourselves, does this still belong to the person I am becoming?
And if the answer is no, we can begin the process of releasing it.
The Invitation of the 8/8 Portal
For me, this is what energetic portals can offer us. They can give us a collective energetic boost, a moment of amplified intention and an opportunity to consciously stop and ask: What am I ready to leave behind, and what am I ready to step into?
The old way of constantly living from stress, reaction, fear and unconscious programming simply isn't sustainable. We're being invited into something different. A more coherent way of living, a more connected way of creating, a more conscious relationship with our energy, a deeper connection with our soul and higher awareness, and a more embodied expression of the Divine Intelligence already within us.
And this doesn't mean becoming some perfectly healed, permanently high-vibrational spiritual being who never gets cranky, frustrated, overwhelmed or wants to tell someone where to go. We're human. We're supposed to experience being human.
For me, the work is about becoming conscious enough to recognise when we're operating from an old pattern and having the awareness and tools to bring ourselves back into alignment. Not judging ourselves for going there, but recognising it sooner and consciously choosing what we want to do next.
So, On August 8th, Ask Yourself…
Who am I becoming? What version of myself am I ready to release? What belief am I carrying that simply isn't true anymore? Where am I still living from fear rather than trust? Where am I making myself smaller, and what am I finally ready to receive?
And perhaps go a little deeper and ask yourself: What would change if my body genuinely believed it was safe for me to have the life I'm asking for?
Then there is perhaps the biggest question of all…
If I stopped defining myself by who I have been, who would I choose to be now?
Sit with that for a while. Journal it. Meditate on it. Take it into your stillness. Ask your guides. Ask your higher self. And then listen to what comes through.
Because portals aren't going to do the work for us. We still have to choose. We still have to take the action. We still have to notice the old patterns when they arise and consciously decide whether we want to keep feeding them or whether we're ready to choose something different.
But sometimes an energetic moment like 8/8 gives us that little extra push. That little energetic nudge from the Universe that asks, "Are you ready?"
And if the answer is yes, then perhaps it's time to stop waiting to become your authentic self…
✨ And start embodying you. ✨
Love & Light
Melissa
