Kundalini.Tantra.by.Satyananda.Saraswati

minimum selfishness is a mother's love. Of course it is not totally unselfish, but because a
mother's sacrifices are so great, her love has minimum selfishness.
The qualities of anahata chakra can be awakened by many methods. The symbol of
anahata chakra is a blue lotus, and in the center are two interlaced triangles. This lotus
represents the opening of man's heart. Music, art, sculpture, literature, poetry, all these
are important aids to the development of anahata chakra. And when anahata opens, your
understanding of all beings changes a lot. There is a story about it.
In India there is a traditional pilgrimage in which sadhakas go north to the source of
Ganga, take some water from there and carry it across the continent to South India. Here
they go to a temple and pour the holy water over a shivalingam. The distance they have to
cover in this pilgrimage is almost 3,000 miles.
Once a saint had almost completed this pilgrimage and he was carrying a container
full of Ganga water. As he entered the precincts of the temple where he was to bathe the
shivalingam, he found a donkey which was desperately pining for water. Immediately he
opened his can and gave water to the donkey. His fellow travellers cried out, 'Hey, what
are you doing? You have brought this water from such a long distance to give bath to
Lord Shiva, and here you are giving it to an ordinary animal!' But the saint didn't see it
that way. His mind was working at a different and much higher frequency.
Here is another example: Once Lord Buddha was going for an evening walk. He
came across an old man and he was greatly moved by the sufferings of old age. Next he
saw a dead person, and again he was moved very much. How many times do we see old
men? Are we moved like he was? No, because our minds are different. Awakening of a
chakra alters the frequency of the mind and immediately influences our day to day
relationships with people and our surroundings.
Love overcomes ego
Anahata chakra can be aroused and awakened by the practice of bhakti yoga, in
which there is no place for egotistical consciousness. Your devotion can be for God or
guru. It is easy to practise devotion to God because he does not check your ego, or even if
he does, you don't know it. But when you practise devotion to guru, the first thing he
does is 'egodectomy.' So when you direct your devotion to guru, you have lots of
difficulties. If you only meet your guru from time to time, the problems are invisible, but
if you live with him, the problems are greater. Therefore, many people think it is safer to
have a guru who is no longer living.
Not only is ego an obstacle on the spiritual path, it is also the greatest barrier to
harmony and cordiality in family and social life. Therefore, in order to treat the ego there
are two very important paths. One is karma yoga and the other is bhakti yoga. Ego can
never be removed by intellectual persuasion. It can never be subdued or eliminated unless
you develop the highest form of love. Just as the sun removes darkness, love removes
ego. These two can never coexist.