Sunday, March 22, 2009
Where God is, there is no other. Where the world is, there is no God. These two will never unite. Like light and darkness. That is what I have understood from Christianity and the life of Jesus. Isn’t that also Buddhism? Isn’t that Hinduism? Isn’t that Islam? Isn’t that the teaching of all the great... Sign in to see full entry.
Saturday, March 21, 2009
SMOOTH TRANSITION
When we can attach the mind to—or detach it from—the sense at our will, we shall really possess character. Then alone we shall have taken a long step towards freedom; before that, we are mere machines. SWAMI VIVEKANANDA Sign in to see full entry.
Thursday, March 19, 2009
SELF-CLEANSING
Change is always subjective. To talk of evil and misery is nonsense, because they do not exist outside. If I am immune from all anger, I never feel angry. If am immune from all hatred, I never feel hatred. SWAMI VIVEKANANDA Sign in to see full entry.
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
BETTER UNDERSTANDING
When we have become free, we need not go mad and throw up society and rush off to die in the forest or the cave; we shall remain where we were but we shall understand the whole thing. The same phenomena will remain but with a new meaning. SWAMI VIVEKANANDA Sign in to see full entry.
Monday, March 16, 2009
POLES APART
What do you gain in heaven? You become gods, drink nectar, and get rheumatism. There is less misery there than on earth, but also less truth. -SWAMI VIVEKANANDA Sign in to see full entry.
Sunday, March 15, 2009
SELFLESS SERVICE
Whose meditation is real and effective? Who can really surrender to the will of God? Only the person whose mind has been purified by selfless work. -SWAMI VIVEKANANDA Sign in to see full entry.
Friday, March 13, 2009
INERTIA
Why are people so afraid? The answer is that they have made themselves helpless and dependent on others. We are so lazy, we do not want to do anything ourselves. We want a Personal God, a Savior or a Prophet to do everything for us. SWAMI VIVEKANANDA Sign in to see full entry.
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
INFINITELY BEAUTIFUL
Woman has suffered for eons, and that has given her infinite patience and infinite perseverance. SWAMI VIVEKANANDA Sign in to see full entry.
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
LEAVE THEM ALONE
Women will work out their destinies—much better, too, than men can ever do for them. All the mischief to women has come because men undertook to shape the destiny of women. SWAMI VIVEKANANDA Sign in to see full entry.
Sunday, March 8, 2009
SUPPORT SYSTEM
Your Atman(SOUL) is the support of the universe—whose support do you stand in need of? Wait with patience and love and strength. If helpers are not ready now, they will come in time. Why should we be in a hurry? The real working force of all great work is in its almost unperceived beginnings. SWAMI... Sign in to see full entry.