Tu-Shun

I did not fully grasp teh concept of this reading either, but was fascinated by it. When it is talking about the jewels I think it is kind of a metaphor about how each person, or jewel is interconnected. What one person does affects every other person in that network. They say by liberating yourself you liberate everyone, and I do not think this means imediately. It can be a process. The moment you do something it does not automatically affect everyone else, but eventually it will in some form or another. "In one jewel there are all the jewels." It just shows yet again how everything is tied together in life. I did not understand the last line though. "Nonsimiles are used as similies. Those who practice should think of this in accord with the similes."