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CHAPTER
III
How Shall We Approach Life Through Meditation?
This whole universe is an open field for man's growth, happiness, awareness and enlightenment. Still, human beings are not receiving from the universe even a portion of what they are capable of receiving. Why? Because they have limited themselves, put up a fence composed of their perceptions and beliefs. They receive according to these perceptions and limitations. Meditation breaks down the fence; it lifts the curtain which is created by society and the sceptical mind. You start experiencing the reality that “The world is for me and I am for the world. If I am open to the world, the world is open to me."
This experience is like visiting your mother's house. There you can go and feel at home. You can eat anything you want anytime. Your mother will not be angry to see you going to the refrigerator. She will be happy to see you enjoying the food she has prepared for you. This earth is like that mother, but your doubt, guilt and fear have caused you to lose your relationship with her. You are afraid to