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Question
Write in your own simple words what the following expression conveys in the context they occur in the text.
Only when the dust is removed, does the mirror shine and the reflection becomes clear.
Solution
It means that in our soul, there are lots of impurities of greed, selfishness, lust and it makes us bad or evil people. When we can remove this dust by living pure and ethical, and by serving humanity, then through us God will shine.
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