The Gates: the Great Untold Prerequisite to Getting What You Want

The path to achieving what you want is never straightforward—it’s filled with challenges and obstacles that often reveal themselves only as you progress. In this episode, Teal Swan uncovers the great untold prerequisite for getting what you want, helping you navigate the inevitable "gates" you’ll encounter on your journey. Learn how to consciously embrace these barriers as opportunities for personal transformation and success.

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Teal Swan is a New Thought Leader and a Bestselling Author who is an expert in human development and relationships. She has over a decade of experience working with people of all walks of life with a mission to reduce human suffering.

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[annikabirgittanordlander]

”Each time you hit a gate and do what it takes to pass through it, you are growing. You are developing. You are strengthening. Your deepest values are being revealed. You are becoming more aware. You are refining yourself. You are transforming. You are being forged. You are expanding personally, as well as causing universal expansion”. Teal Swan 🌎🙏😘

[sufisuf]

the Afifa example really resonated with me. i live in an islamic household and i'm really getting tired of all the oppression and disempowerment.

[BlackNella]

I can't believe I've been following teal for 12 years when her follower count was still in the hundos. The growth was inevitable. She has t missed a single Saturday upload!

[annikabirgittanordlander]

”On the road to getting what you want, you will encounter every oppositional factor that exists within you to the getting of what you want”. Teal Swan 🌎🙏😘

[Passiyona]

Whenever I listen to Teal I feel I don't want to listen to anyone but her

[Marikasilverthorne]

Yes! This is my journey now stepping through the gates of fantasy and denial also moving through discipline and consistency which I have avoided my whole life have def thought about giving up but am moving through it thank you appreciate this video ❤

[bodhimartina]

Brilliant! I'm near the end of my road at 79. I have passed through these gates and no wonder I feel exhausted. Teal lays these out in perfect order. Always when the gate appears as they will, I know I can't turn back. And I'm sure there is no one that would want to know why or how. So this is perfect for me to share with others, so few in my village that are willing to keep on going. But self-compassion and thus compassion for others facing their gates is one of the gifts.
But boy, I do not find they become easier with knowledge.
Keep on keeping on everyone!

[OsamahMinnis]

Watching this captivating video stirs up painful memories of the recent end of my 4 year relationship. My beloved partner chose to depart, leaving me with an unyielding ache. Despite my relentless efforts to reconcile, I find myself grappling with frustration and an inability to envision a future without him. Despite attempts to purge him from my mind, I remain haunted by his absence, feeling compelled to express my longing here.

[Dap]

I've never heard anyone speak on this - Tel you are such a gift. This is the strength of the warrior path. I love you have a good week as well as always

[dameanvil]

- 00:19 🚧 Gates are obstacles that block progress towards achieving what we want, each requiring a unique solution to overcome.
- 01:10 🧠 Gates often reveal internal oppositional factors that must be addressed for personal growth.
- 02:53 🏋️‍♂️ Each gate passed builds personal strength, awareness, and transformation.
- 04:08 🔁 Desire drives personal and universal expansion, and people suffer when they resist this endless process.
- 05:18 🔓 People often get what they want when they stop desiring it intensely, as resistance lessens.
- 05:27 🎯 The final gate to achieving your deepest desires requires facing what you’ve avoided your entire life.
- 06:48 💔 The hardest challenges often stem from past traumas, requiring a willingness to confront deep fears.
- 09:44 🛡️ In many cases, passing through a gate requires risking something deeply feared, like rejection or danger.
- 13:17 🛑 A common barrier to getting what you want is avoiding the negative and refusing to face difficult realities.
- 14:20 🧪 The process of confronting these gates is essential for personal transformation and evolution.

[copyrightshouldart]

I do believe that I am at a gate myself. It makes so much sense hearing all this. Thank you Teal!

[terryfrancis]

The worst 4 years of my life turned into the best to wake me up. thank god...

[McMilesE]

You are so needed on this planet. Only the real ones KNOW THIS

Simply amazing. I only wish you could understand how grateful I am for you.

And I mean this lesson is simple, too.
The art of allowing, detachment, attraction - all relative to your inner state, only and forever

[AishawithanEye]

How are my gates in the same order Teal is describing? I'm currently at the "injury-gate." When she mentioned it, I was like 👁👄👁 I want true love and are there SOOOO many gates and they're SOOOO hard, but what's been encouraging is witnessing my growth and having all these "Aha! That's why I had to suffer like this!" moments. It also helps that my conscious journey to center what I seek in my heart started with a shamanic dose of shrooms on Mount Shasta where I almost died. I can keep thinking back to that moment when it gets hard and I want to quit because it's so obvious that this journey is the reason I'm still alive at all. Happy gate-passing-through! 🌟

[Morale_Booster]

I this one ❤️ currently unlocking a gate in my life that has stopped me in the past. The key for this one is more self acceptance/integration, instead of the false key (or trap) that seems more obvious and has fooled me before, which is self rejection/abandonment. 🔑🔓

[foxfiregal]

9:55 My greatest fear was leaving my loved ones behind 💔 to follow my path. In 2023 I did just that, ALONE. I'm healing, choosing compassion and learning to move forward.

[sergarellano]

Thank you, Grandmaster Teal, we must undoubtedly throw ourselves into the fire of self-refinement of what we most need to transform.

[kro]

This is one of your most epic video. It's the hero's journey. Thank you Teal❤

[annikabirgittanordlander]

”One common gate that people hit on the road to what they want, is the resistance to going through so many of these gates on the road to what they want. A common way that people work through this resistance, is to give up on what they want to the point where they don’t really want it anymore. By doing so, they are no longer in resistance to the not getting of it. And so, the gate swings open. This is why you may have observed that people often get what they want, when they don’t even really want it anymore”. Teal Swan 🌎🙏😘

[kistinlight]

This is one of my absolute favorite videos that you've made in a long time! It's been a while since one hit me this hard. Thank you for all you do 🙏❤️‍🔥