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CHAPTER IV
Anahata—Love, The Ever-Expanding Circle
Meditation is like a ladder: Each rung takes us a little higher until we eventually arrive at the top. First, however, we must see something above us that we want to reach. In the physical world it is easy to determine the height we want to reach and adjust the ladder accordingly. In our life, on the other hand, we are often unable to envision any height, so we naturally neglect using a ladder. The ladder is useful only after we have first come to believe that there is indeed a higher level of awareness and experience awaiting us.
If we are aware of this height and have faith in its value for us, we naturally move toward it. If, however, we don't take it seriously or perhaps don't even realize it is there, then we live a life in time. Time kills us. That is why wise people question why they are here on earth. They ask themselves if there is any mission in life, or if life is merely a question of existing from day to day. The answer is something we must search for and experience for ourselves.
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