UNITED IN ONE
As long as we believe ourselves to be even the least different from God, fear remains with us; but when we know ourselves to be the One, fear goes; of what can we be afraid? SWAMI VIVEKANANDA Sign in to see full entry.
Saturday, March 7, 2009
Friday, March 6, 2009
FEEL, UNDERSTAND AND LEVITATE
The animal has its happiness in the senses, the human beings in their intellect, and the gods in spiritual contemplation. It is only to the soul that has attained to this contemplative state that the world really becomes beautiful. SWAMI VIVEKANANDA Sign in to see full entry.
Thursday, March 5, 2009
DETACHED AND ENDURING
Neither seek nor avoid; take what comes. It is liberty to be affected by nothing. Do not merely endure; be unattached. SWAMI VIVEKANANDA Sign in to see full entry.
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
IN SERVICE OF MANKIND
Look upon every man, woman, and everyone as God. You cannot help anyone, you can only serve: serve the children of the Lord, serve the Lord Himself, if you have the privilege. -SWAMI VIVEKANANDA Sign in to see full entry.
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
SPIRITED EFFORT
Let us worship the spirit in spirit, standing on spirit. Let the foundation be spirit, the middle spirit, the culmination spirit. SWAMI VIVEKANANDA Sign in to see full entry.
Sunday, March 1, 2009
EQUILIBRIUM
Let the mind be cheerful but calm. Never let it run into excesses, because every excess will be followed by a reaction. SWAMI VIVEKANANDA Sign in to see full entry.
Saturday, February 28, 2009
REAL VERSUS SUPERFLUOUS
Learning and wisdom are superfluities, the surface glitter merely, but it is the heart that is the seat of all power. It is not in the brain but in the heart that the Atman, possessed of knowledge, power, and activity, has its seat. -SWAMI VIVEKANANDA Sign in to see full entry.
Thursday, February 26, 2009
IN AUGUST COMPANY
Get the mercy of God and of his greatest children. These are the two chief ways to God. The company of these children of light is very hard to get. Five minutes in their company will change a whole life. And if you really want it enough, one will come to you. -SWAMI VIVEKANANDA Retreat given at the... Sign in to see full entry.
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
SELF-HELP
This is the first lesson to learn: be determined not to curse anything outside, not to lay the blame upon anyone outside, but stand up, lay the blame on yourself. You will find that is always true. Get hold of yourself. -SWAMI VIVEKANANDA Sign in to see full entry.
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
DETACHED EXISTENCE
Jnana(knowledge) teaches that the world should be given up, but not on that account to be abandoned. To be in the world but not of it—is the true test of the sannyasin(ascetic). SWAMI VIVEKANANDA Sign in to see full entry.