Daily Awareness Practice: A technique

Stop asking and start giving! We need to radiate energy instead of asking for energy. But we don't even know how to shift the focus from us to the other. We are so used to seeing ourselves as the center of attention. We need to start seeing the world outside as the center of attention.

Be the Center of Your World

See yourself as in the center of a small circle. Imagine all the people in your world as being in concentric circles moving out from the center. The closest people to you are in the first circle - your husband or wife, parents, children, etc. Then, the next circle would contain close friends and relatives and so on. Finally, the last circle would include acquaintances. Outside the last circle would be everyone else on the planet. Now see your energy as moving out from you, through each circle. This is your world and you are responsible for it. You need to keep your world energized and full of love.

If you do this, soon the different concentric circles will disappear and everyone will become the same to you as far as showering love is concerned. There will not be any difference between family, relatives, friends or strangers. The whole world will become one to you. If you see your world in this way, you will radiate energy causelessly and you will be fulfilled.