Diamond and coal are blood relatives and yet represent different universes. Both are basically carbon, but life circumstances make them completely different.
The diamond is formed under enormous pressure and temperatures of over 1000°C, at a depth of 150 km below the Earth’s surface. The coal is created under pressure as well, but at a much smaller level and much closer to the surface of our planet.
A diamond has an ordered crystal structure; coal is characterized by chaos.
A diamond is very hard (the ancient Greek word “adámas” means indestructible); coal disintegrates even under low stress.
A diamond is clean; coal is anything but clean.
A diamond is expensive; coal is (relatively) cheap.
Both diamond and coal have their roles in this world, but they do not choose them.
Carbon cannot decide what it will turn into, but humans can because they have awareness. If they do not use it, humans are no better than carbon and will turn into what their environment decides.
Just as carbon transforms into both charcoal and diamonds, your journey shapes the brilliance of your own transformation.
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