Light to yourself
Gautama Buddha's last words were: Be your own light. Don't follow others, don't imitate, because imitation and following creates stupidity. You are born with an immense capacity for intelligence. You are born with light inside. Listen to that small, quiet voice inside and it will give you direction. Nobody else can give you direction, nobody else can model your life, because you are unique. There has never been anyone exactly like you before, and there will never be anyone exactly like you again. This is your glory, your splendor - that you are absolutely irreplaceable, that you are yourself and no one else.
By following others, you can instill a beautiful character in yourself, but you cannot achieve a beautiful consciousness, and unless you have a beautiful consciousness, you can never be free. You can continue to exchange one prison for another, you can continue to exchange one chain for another, one slavery for another. You may be a Hindu or a Muslim, a Christian or a Jain - it
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