Multiple choice

Directions: The short passage below is followed by a question based on its content. Answer the question on the basis of what is stated or implied in the passage.

Imagine for a moment that each of us is entrusted at birth with a hope-diamond in the rough, a precious and sacred particle of the Divine Will. Through us, the Will of the Creator can enter the material world. We bear the seed, we are the seed, the growing tip of the Universal Will. In a vast and incomprehensible process, the Unconditioned Will gradually spiritualizes the material universe, drawing it more directly into its service. We may recognize this difficult and uncertain process in ourselves, if we endeavor to cooperate with this Great Work of the spirit. We cut and polish our diamond will, returning it to the service of the Divine Will from which it originates… What does service to the Divine Will consists of? In partial response we envision an immense ecology of energies. Within the Earth's living ecosystem we witness the exchange, transformation, and recycling of the energies of heat, light, and molecular bonds in the food chain. Similarly, the sacred, universal ecosystem harmonizes the exchange and transformation of the energies of sensation, consciousness, and the rest, within the great chain of being. Human beings naturally use, convert, and store energies.

What is the primary purpose of the passage?

  1. The Will of the Creator experiences the material world in the form of human beings.

  2. Serving the Universal Will means not only conducting our lives creatively in accordance with conscience and kindness, but also transforming energies.

  3. Through spiritual practices we directly and powerfully transform energies, raising the quality and quantity of energies at work in us.

  4. All of these
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B Correct answer
Explanation

The “sacred particle of the Divine Will “ is the precious rough diamond. It is upon us to “cut and polish our diamond, returning it to the service of the Divine Will”. So, “Human beings naturally use, convert, and store energies“ in the service of the Divine Will. Option (2) alone covers conversion of this energy as service to the Divine Will.

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