The ego is no small matter. Even the wisest carry its scars. The healthiest goals, such as attaining the divine, allow for rest.

In 1987, on the shores of the Indian Ocean, in the temple of Babulnath, a teaching was given to the priests. Recognition of Shabda and Téjas was immediate.

Surely the act of teaching earned a doctorate — for a Westerner had dared to teach Hindu priests the way of knowing themselves inwardly. That title, though honorary, is nonetheless not a summit.

Divinity, or the representation of a divinity's consciousness, always troubles the mind of a sage. The divine envelope always needs a bodily envelope. It has been so since the doors of the golden egg first opened, and it will remain so until the earthly journey comes to a close.

Here, then, is a summit of human thought: attaining divinity within a universal consciousness, such as that of Ganeça.