Tuesday, 4 February 2020

DIAMOND: WHAT IS MOST PRECIOUS IN LIFE


Diamond
This is very precious stone. But what make it so precious. Is it because it strongest among the stones or it is most beautiful among the precious stones? Its beauty and preciousness spark from within itself, I believe, however, there are hands that discover its beauty: there are experts that assist it to bring out its beautiful potentiality and characters; there is a hard-work and long process to bring out its beauty and preciousness.

Can you find diamond easily and everywhere in the soil? No. Diamond is found scarcely on our planet and can be found only in some places where all condition of weather, temperature, soil and stones, and other elements that comes together for million years and allow it to be. Finally Heavy and soft human made machines, technology and skills are needed to excavate it out and to show to the world its beauty and preciousness. 

Taking from the Aristotelian’s philosophy, the beauty and its preciousness of diamond can be seen as the essences. However, can the essence comes out from the eyes of its beholder? I don’t talk of it in subjective perspective but I am talking of diamond as objective beauty because its essence is precious and beauty. Yet, I know it needs to work out in its best assisted by the skill crafted humans to show up its real essence.

From Platonic notion, I could say that beauties and preciousness of diamond here and now because there is idea of it somewhere in the realm of ideas. It is being revealed to humanity of this precious and valuable, and beautiful stone called diamond. 

Well, it is philosophical thought to explain about a reality. However, I can say that diamond is diamond. It is beautiful and very precious. People will work hard with their own technology and skills to find it and to show it to the world.

My reflection is that if people work hard for this precious stone because it gives them worldly power and richness, can we work hard also to discover the beauty of “Atman” or Inner beauty of humanity that is most precious and valuable compared to any other gems/precious stones?

Of course this discovery of beauty within oneself or within others not bring us worldly richness but will give us the TRUE PEACE and LOVE and UNITY among us, humans. I hope so.

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