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Now take the analogy of the diamond. No jeweler can give it the quality to sparkle. By being polished, each facet reflects light. Then the rough diamond begins to look like a real gem and everyone appreciates it. If you put a rough diamond in a ring, no one will believe that it is a diamond. They will wonder why you have put a common stone in your ring.
We are all like rough diamonds. If you polish a diamond and bring its innate quality out, it shines. If you polish your soul and remove all its impurities, gradually its innate quality of light is. revealed and that light becomes a guide for further light. One door opens another door, and that door opens another.
Today we are going to meditate on completeness and fulfillment and the wholeness of life. What is completeness? Let us think of what we want in this life. Have you any thoughts about it? If you have, please share your ideas, your dreams with everyone.
(The following comments came from the audience: "To be happy." "To be free." "Contribute to the evolution of man and build a new society." "Fearlessness." "Love.")
Let us examine your thoughts. You say "to be happy." Everyone wants to be happy. Have you ever heard anyone say that he wants to be unhappy? Even those who have a tendency to feel unhappy are also seeking happiness in their unhappiness. In psychology, it is called masochism: to become unhappy in order to be happy. Even
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