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REALIZE WHAT YOU ARE:,
For that you must believe in yourself. Until now you have believed in everybody but yourself. Now you must realize that you are holding a precious diamond within you. Polish it and your radiance comes out. Otherwise it remains like a rough stone, covered with so many layers. You must say to yourself, "Just now I am a rough diamond, but I have confidence that inside me is brilliance. Inside me is latent power. I want to get in touch with that in me."
When you have this confidence, you really work on yourself. You upanishad- sit close. Sit close to whom? To yourself. Or to him or her who can take you to yourself. To the "diamond-cutter" who knows just where to cut so that your roughness is broken and the whole diamond comes out. The teacher is not always one who wears the clothes of a guru. The guru is anyone or anything who removes the darkness of your ignorance, who helps you uncover your brilliance. Once you uncover your Self, you become your own teacher.
Once there was a king who used to lead a life of selfindulgence. One evening he was sitting on his balcony at dusk. The sunset was particularly striking and the king was moved. It was the rainy season and the sunset produced the full spectrum of seven colors. The king became so happy that he continued to watch eagerly.
Slowly he saw the colors fade away, darkness came over everything. He saw the dark and he realized in a flash, "O, is this not my life? I am pulsating with pleasures. How long will this sunset remain? O, let me be aware before. my colors disappear. The painter must paint the scene while the colors are still vivid or the moment is gone. Can I not do something worthwhile with my life before it is too late?"
