ANAHATA
IF YOU HAVE SEEN CHILDREN AT PLAY, YOU MIGHT HAVE SEEN THEM BUILDING CASTLES WITH CARDS. THEY WILL PLACE THE CARDS AT A CERTAIN ANGLE TO EACH OTHER AND BUILD SEVERAL LAYERS OF SUCH PATTERNS IN A PYRAMID SHAPE. IT WILL BE BEAUTIFUL TO LOOK AT. BUT IF YOU REMOVE EVEN ONE CARD FROM THE CASTLE, FROM ANYWHERE, THE WHOLE CASTLE WILL COLLAPSE! THE HIGHER THE CASTLE, THE MORE THE CHANCES OF COLLAPSING.
IN A SIMILAR WAY, WE BUILD OUR OWN SELF-IMAGE LIKE A CASTLE, OUT OF PEOPLE'S OPINIONS OF US. WE COLLECT CERTIFICATES OR SIGNATURES FROM OUR FATHER, MOTHER, BOYFRIEND OR GIRLFRIEND, TEACHER, FRIENDS AND ANYBODY WE MEET. WE ARRANGE ALL THESE CERTIFICATES AND SIGNATURES AND BUILD A CASTLE TO FORM OUR SELF-IMAGE. BASICALLY, ALL THESE CERTIFICATES ARE NOTHING BUT ATTENTION GIVEN TO US IN SOME FORM OR THE OTHER. BASED ON THESE CERTIFICATES, THE IMAGE WILL LOOK BEAUTIFUL AND WE WILL FEEL HAPPY.
BUT WHAT HAPPENS IF ANY ONE PERSON MODIFIES HIS/HER OPINION? WHAT HAPPENS IF ONE PERSON DOESN'T GIVE THE ATTENTION WE EXPECT AT A PARTICULAR MOMENT? THE WHOLE CASTLE COMES CRASHING DOWN. OUR SELF-IMAGE LIES ON GROUND ZERO ALL OF A SUDDEN!