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REALIZE WHAT YOU ARE:
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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 fulfilment 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 audience responded with these comments: "To be happy." "To be free." "Contribute to the evolution of man and build a new society." "Fearlessness." "Love.")
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Let us examine your thoughts. You say "to be happy." Everyone wants to be happy. Have you ever heard anyone 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 here, the goal is happiness in a way.
You say "to be free." How can you be happy unless you are free? If you are not free you are not in a condition to enjoy happiness. A slave cannot enjoy happiness because of the restrictions on him. In order to be happy, you have to be liberated. You want freedom, but if you
| SR No. | 006986 |
| Book Title | Realize What You Are |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Chitrabhanu |
| Publisher | Jain Meditation International Centre |
| Publication Year | |
| Total Pages | 138 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English |
| File Size | 10 MB |