"The whole is more than the sum of its parts." - Aristotle

We often mistake the window for the sky. The mind is like a window through which the vastness of universal consciousness shines. Yet, because each window has its own frame and grill, the infinite sky appears divided. We start believing that what we see through our little slot is the whole, forgetting that there is only one seamless sky.

To make this clearer, recall the parable of the blind men and the elephant. Each man touched a different part, the trunk, the tusk, the ear, the leg and each was convinced of his version of truth. To one it was a pillar, to another a rope, to another a wall. They argued endlessly until a sighted man revealed: "All of you are right, but only partially." Their individual perspectives reflected individual consciousness; the sighted man saw from the lens of universal consciousness.

This raises a question worth pausing on: Are you seeing the world with open-minded clarity, or through the narrow slit of conditioned thinking?

Known, Unknown, and the Blind Spots of Consciousness

In life, there are three realms of awareness:

1. Known Knowns: The things we are aware of and live by: facts, truths, and evidence from experience. This is closer to universal consciousness.
2. Unknown Unknowns: The blind spots, the things we don't even know we don't know. They lie beyond our radar.
3. Known Unknowns: The things we know we don't know. Paradoxically, this is where many of us stumble. Despite being aware of gaps, despite having access to knowledge and wisdom, we often choose to act against it. Why? Ego. Conditioning. Bias. Self-interest.

Here is where individual consciousness blinds us most.

• We say "I have no time," yet spend hours in activities that drain us without adding joy, meaning, or growth.
• We know deep down that material gain cannot secure lasting fulfilment, yet we chase it's even at the cost of health, relationships, and peace of mind.

This gap between what we know and how we live is the battlefield of consciousness.

A Personal Challenge

Pause for a moment. Make a list of your own "known unknowns." Write down the habits, choices, or distractions you know are senseless, useless, or harmful, yet you keep following them. You may be startled at how often your individual consciousness hijacks your universal wisdom.

The Modern Trap

Look around: endless comparisons on social media, constant noise of biased narratives, technology that feeds dependence instead of empowerment. The result? We shrink into smaller windows. Our empathy narrows, our self-inquiry weakens, our awareness fragments. We link happiness to what we possess instead of who we are.

So let me ask you:

• Are you not, in some way, surrendering universal consciousness to the dictatorship of the individual ego?
• Are you not trading depth of being for the surface shine of materialism?
• Are you not losing the miracle of presence to the addiction of distraction?

The Shift That Changes Everything

Miracles don't happen outside you, they happen through you. The moment you shift perception from individual consciousness to universal consciousness, life transforms. You see more clearly. You act more wisely. You live more compassionately.

Universal consciousness is not something to be achieved, it is already there, like the sky beyond the grill. You only need to look past the window frame.