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mistook the image in the mirror for another person, asking, "Who is this person standing in front of me? I have never seen him before. Guards ! Arrest this man at once! He is a villain, and intruder and he is threatening to destroy the entire palace!"
"But my king," the queen said "That is your very own self. Now you are seeing what I and everyone else have seen but which you have been too blind to see."
The king was dumbfounded. "How could this be ? How could my face, my whole being, change so much ? Have I lost all my humanity, my goodness ?" he asked.
But with these questions the king saw in an instant the truth about the change in his character. And after a while, he stopped becoming angry completely and understood the reasons why he had become so destructive. Thereafter, the king showed only love and kindness towards his wife and subjects where once there had been anger.
The moral of this story is that anger can destroy you. But if you see your anger, you can change it with Selfawareness. You can awaken to your potential for love and goodness and act with loving kindness towards others.
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