"How is it that you say all are equal, yet the obvious contradictions
smack us in the face: inequalities in virtues, temperances, finances,
rights, abilities and talents, intelligence, mathematical aptitude, ad
infinitum?"
The answer was a metaphor. "It is as if a large diamond were to
be found inside each person. Picture a diamond a foot long.
The diamond has a thousand facets, but the facets are covered with dirt
and tar. It is the job of the Soul to clean each facet until the
surface is brilliant and can reflect a rainbow of colours. Now, some
have cleaned many facets and gleam brightly. Others have only
managed to clean a few, they do not sparkle so. yet, underneath the
dirt, each person possess within his or her breast a brilliant diamond
with a thousand gleaming facets. The diamond is perfect, not one
flaw. The only differences among people are the number of facets
cleaned. But each diamond is the same, and each is perfect.
When all the facets are cleaned and shining forth in a spectrum of
lights, the diamond returns to the pure energy that is was originally.
The lights remain. It is as if the process that goes into making the
diamond is reversed, all that pressure released. The pure energy
exists in the rainbow of lights, and the lights possess consciousness and
knowledge. And all the diamonds are perfect."