Vernon Howard

  A clear and beautiful stream ran through the centre of a small village. It gave great pleasure to the citizens to just sit quietly and watch its casual flow. But through carelessness, junk was allowed to fall into the stream, spoiling its purity. The aroused citizens took action. When foreign objects were banned from the stream, it returned to its original purity.

   We purify ourselves by not renewing our negative nature each day. Read that sentence again: WE PURIFY OURSELVES BY NOT RENEWING OUR NEGATIVE NATURE EACH DAY. That is enough. That is right action. Self-newness appears by itself as we cease to toss foreign objects into the mental stream. One person must end bitterness, while another must no longer feel cheated. But all can return to the original purity of his flowing mind.