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Sahasrāra—Pure Consciousness of Self
service to a fine ideal; it must be deeply experienced. We must not forget that we live, thanks to universal help. Consider the clothes you wear, the food you eat, everything you use in your day-to-day life. Where did all these things come from? Who harvested the grain and constructed your house? How many farmers and weavers and carpenters have contributed to your comfort? We do not know whose hands have helped us. As you meditate on the sixth center, remind yourself of this with the following thought, “I am living with universal help; so, let me, in my turn, be universal. Let me give to the universe."
Someone once asked Buddha if he could convey his teaching in two words and he said, “Wisdom and compassion.” When he was asked to condense his teaching into just one word, he replied, “Wisdom.” The Sanskrit word he chose was pragnā, the wisdom of the third eye; because he knew that compassion would flow naturally from that man or woman whose perception was all-embracing, universal.
When you attain this level of understanding, all division between “mine” and “thine” disappears. Your energy is no longer wasted in anxiety over what is yours and what is theirs; nor do you concern yourself with winning a favorable opinion from others. When you meditate, you are content with your own self-knowledge. Meditation is selfrevealing because it takes you beyond the conditioning of your mind. Other people do not see you with such clarity. They perceive from their own stage of life. Their understanding is colored by their own particular background.
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