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It Requires Consolidation before
Expansion
If you want to bring about any real change in society, you
must first of all change individual thinking and conduct.
tree is a unique phenomenon of nature. Its roots
A go deep into the soil and its trunk rises up and
its branches spread out high above. This principle of
nature is also applicable to the human world. That
is, real change in human life can be brought about by
following the natural principle: first consolidation and
then expansion. Here, consolidation means to firmly
establish one’s base in the ground and expansion means
to spread out everywhere.
If you want to bring about any real change in society,
you must first of all change individual thinking and
conduct. For example, if you want to successfully establish
a political system, you shall have to train people’s minds
in such a way that they find that system acceptable.
Similarly, if you want to run successful institutions,
you shall first of all have to educate individual minds.
Individuals are the basis of any social building. If you
want to bring about change in society you have to begin
your work at the level of the individual.
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