Dragon:symbolizes fear of heroes who repeatedly deny the adventure of life.
And settle with less.
A threshold guardian is nothing but who holds you back when you try to choose adventure.
It’s just a psychological fear.which hold you back.
But the cave you fear to enter holds the treasure you seek.

Just go through all the temptations which hold you back.
Temptation comes to you with fear,
Desire and fear are aspects of the same coin.

Find your true character.
Find your harmony.
Find your bliss.

And when you find it.
then everything is enjoyable.
even crucifixion on the cross.
Don’t be afraid.

Buddha temple gate picture.

The Guardian represents fear, fear of death,and the other desire for life -the temptations that did not touch the Buddha…

फीकी चल रही थी ,ज़िन्दगी
जैसे मिला नहीं कोई ख़ास ,कई अरसे से !
बाज़ार से गुजरे तो ,याद आया!
घर का आईना टूटा है, परसो से।

God is not an illusion,but a symbol pointing beyond itself to realization of the mystery of at-one-ment.

Atonement with father:
In cristianity :
Jesus ascended to haven.
and met his father.
again father is a symbol of ultimate power which support and drive your life.

when you realize what you really are.
when you hit your depth of the being.
that is atonement.
you and your soul are one.

as jesus said:
I and father are one.
just like you and your dream are one ,but in spcae time ,duality comes out.

In each religion,there is a concept of creation.
In the Greek and Hebrew version man is split in two by a fod.
In chinese,hindu,and Australian it is the god itself who divided and multiplies.

In Bible :
In the first stage:
God created adam.but before that god created a garden,sky,water and all that in seven days.

In india one of the upanisad named Brhadaranyaka:

in the beginning this universe was ut the self in the form of a man.He looked around and saw nothing but himself.
thereupon,his first shout was, It is I!”whence the concept “I” arose.and that is why ,even today ,when addressed, one answer first,It is I.then give another name that one bears…

first everywhere darkness spreading on the water.and nothing else exists.
then God said.let it be light.
and everything gets enlightened.

again
a similer theory
Initially no one exists but god.
when he realize on one here but he is only alone.
and once he thinks” I”
He discriminated with another one.
and duality comes.

There is a verse in Lao-tzu’s Tao-te Ching which states that out of the Tao, out of the transcendent, comes the One. Out of the One come Two; out of the Two come Three; and out of the Three come all things.

So what I suddenly realized

In all religions,there is a concept of creation.
but if you read it in a literal way,in a historical way.
you lose its meaning.

In india:
Shiva lingam is a symbol of transcendent energy which is pouring into the field of time.Field of time is associated with the female goddess Parwati .which converts singularity into quality.
All quality exists in the field of time. As soon as it enters the field of time,it breaks into a pair of opposites, the one becomes the two.just like a womb into which a sperm gets fertilized .

There is a verse in Lao-tzu’s Tao-te Ching which states that out of the Tao,out of the transcendent, comes the one,Out of the One comes the two,Out of the two comes Three,and out of Three comes all things.

all concepts are just a metaphorical way of saying like BIGBANG.