A young man asked a local gem expert to teach him about gemology. The expert reluctantly agreed and had the young man hold the same jade stone each day for over a week without teaching him anything. The young man became increasingly frustrated until one day he realized the stone was different, showing he had learned to identify jade without being taught directly.

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PPT 17

2. A young man went to the local expert on gems and
said that he wanted to become a gemologist.
The expert brushed him off.
But the young man pleaded for a chance.

3. Finally the expert consented and told the youth,
"Be here tomorrow."
The next morning, the expert put a jade stone in the boy's
hand and told him to hold it.

4. The expert then went about his work – cutting, weighing, and
setting gems.
The boy sat quietly and waited.

5. The following morning the expert again placed the jade stone in
the youth's hand and told him to hold it.
On the third, fourth, and fifth day the expert repeated the same
exercise and the same instructions.
On the sixth day the youth was again told to hold the jade stone.
He could no longer stand
it...
He had after all come to
learn something.. Not just
hold a jade everyday!!

6. "Master," he asked, "when am I going
to learn something?" he complained.
"You'll learn," the expert replied and
went about his business.
Several more days went by and the
youth's frustration mounted…

7. One morning as the expert approached and asked him to hold out
his hand,
The boy was about to blurt out that he could no longer go on like
this and that he wanted to learn something!!!
But as the master placed the stone in the youth's hand…

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9. The young man exclaimed without looking at his
hand,
"This is not the same jade stone!"

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