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The Diagram

 It's the 5th day of a waning moon of the Kartik month of the Hindu Calendar. It's also called a Beaver's moon. The Beaver who builds a dam just to survive the oncoming winter? I woke up early in the morning thinking about a picture (a diagram) I saw in my head.  I saw a diagram in my head.. Strange as it may sound but I could e plain it too. A circle with three dots in it... Or a round bowl with soil in which three beans symmetrically sit at the corners of the bowl each occupying an equal amount of space.. This bowl is empty and represents the pure soul.. as it exists when an individual is born. Experiences and interactions with the physical world fill this bowl little by little.. At first all that exists in the bowl that seems to be made of clay or earth is water. The bowl is slowly becoming filled with clear sweet water (childhood experiences).. What makes the water sweet is innocence. The child sees everything clearly through this water.. There's no ego, no intellig...