Avneet Sethi

I was trying to solve the Rubik Cube when my mom started to tell me an interesting story..

.. (and because I was so engrossed in the Rubik Cube, I didn’t really get the beginning and I’ve made one up – no, I can’t tell my mom I wasn’t really listening so please repeat – ..)

… once upon a time, a young man meets a lady wearing a rare and a precious stone. He immediately realizes the potential of the stone. With the precious stone, he could buy all the riches in the world and fulfill all his desires. … (from here on, I was listening…..)

He goes to the lady and asks her to give him the stone. He tells her that he really needs the stone and how he can buy all the riches in the world with it. The woman smiles and gives the stone to him. Extremely delighted, the man goes goes home.

Next day, the man goes back to the same lady. He hands her the precious stone and says, “Take back your stone – and give me that which made you part with it in the first place.”

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Isn’t it beautiful? It just makes you stop and think. It made me think if I could become that woman – and it hit me that I need to become that man first..

..when the student is ready, the Master appears.

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