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REALIZE WHAT YOU ARE:
Constantly you keep removing the layers. When you remove the layers of an onion the freshness comes out. When you remove the layers of a cabbage the fresher leaves come out. The outer leaves are tough and rotten. We also have many psychological layers we have mistaken for ourselves. Because of these layers we become depressed, suppressed, prejudiced, angry, irritated and unhappy. Think of yourself. How are you using your day? Most of the time we are lost in all these layers. We hardly have time to feel our real nature and experience the inner divinity. We use kohum in order to investigate our real self, and we go deeper and deeper and deeper.
Three students came to study with a Master. One was a prince, another was the son of a verywealthy sheriff, the third was a humble seeker. They all sat before the Master. The Master asked a question. “Who are you?" The prince smiled and answered “Don'tyou know me? I am a prince, I am the son of the king.” “Oh," said the Master. “You are the prince? Very glad to see you."
Then he asked the next, “Who are you?” The young man replied, “I am the son of the sheriff. And this big garden in which you are sitting belongs to my father.” And the Master said, “Oh, I am very glad to see such important people.” Then he asked the third stranger, “Who are you?" He answered: “Sir, had I known who I am, I would not have come here. I don't know. That's why I am here."
The Master asked for a little milk, and put some yogurt culture in it. Theh he asked the humble student to take this milk and put it aside for twelve hours. It became yogurt. Then he asked him to churn it and he made butter.
