Put your hands together with all the fingers touching each other to form a circle. Imagine this circle to be the journey that the ‘soul’ takes with the tips of the four fingers of the right hand corresponding to the birth of the soul as it begins its journey and the tips of the four fingers of the left hand corresponding to its ultimate destination…the Creator.
The soul is furthest away from the Creator when it reaches the “U” turn (made by the thumbs) and the most confused. The soul keeps moving backwards and forwards in a semi-circle since it wants to walk the path but is often pulled back by the gravity of old karma. It is at this point that the soul needs the utmost amount of love and care so as to walk the path towards the Creator and it is at this stage that we should do our utmost to help such souls “walk the path”.