⁣Our spiritual nature is full of qualities such as
compassion, kindness, forgiveness, tolerance and selflessness. We are all like
a very precious diamond. Just as a diamond can become very covered by dirt, we
can also become covered by undesirable qualities such as lust, anger, greed, envy,
hatred etc. Such qualities do not belong in our heart, but unfortunately most
of us have accepted them to be normal in this world.

A pure diamond still exists even when it is surrounded
by mountains of dirt. Similarly, our pure love is still there in our hearts
even when our hearts become covered by self-centeredness. The ancient yoga
wisdom actually states that this pure love for the Supreme is eternally
established in the hearts of all living beings. It is not something that we
need to gain from an external source.

When a person begins to clean a very dirty diamond,
after a while they will begin to see a little of the sparkle of the diamond. In
the same manner we can begin to experience small glimpses of pure love again
when we begin to cleanse our hearts by hearing and chanting transcendental
mantras.