A useful image to help us conceptualize the thread of personal unfoldment is the mandala. By a mandala I mean a field with a midpoint, such as a sphere with a center. The field is the totality of your experience—your thoughts, feelings, sensations, perceptions, actions; it is the totality of your life at each moment. The center is where Being’s dynamism touches your field, touches your mandala. This is where the transformation of experience begins, which then ripples through the whole field. The center is where you are—the essential aspect or state in which your soul is manifesting, which is where you find your identity, your true nature. Being interacts with your mandala by touching you right at the center—in fact, the touch is what makes it your center—which has a rippling effect throughout the whole mandala. – Spacecruiser Inquiry: True Guidance for the Inner Journey, Ch. 10