Two kinds of men do not worship God as man --
the human brute who has no religion, and
the Paramahamsa who has risen beyond all the weaknesses of humanity and has transcended the limits of his own human nature.
To him all nature has become his own Self. He alone can worship God as He is.
Here, too, as in all other cases, the two extremes meet.
The extreme of ignorance and the other extreme of knowledge -- neither of these go through acts of worship.
The human brute does not worship because of his ignorance, and the Jivanmuktas (free souls) do not worship because they have realized God in themselves.
Being between these two poles of existence, if any one tells you that he is not going to worship God as man, take kindly care of that man; he is, not to use any harsher term, an irresponsible talker; his religion is for unsound and empty brains.
- Swami Vivekananda,
Bhakti-Yoga
the human brute who has no religion, and
the Paramahamsa who has risen beyond all the weaknesses of humanity and has transcended the limits of his own human nature.
To him all nature has become his own Self. He alone can worship God as He is.
Here, too, as in all other cases, the two extremes meet.
The extreme of ignorance and the other extreme of knowledge -- neither of these go through acts of worship.
The human brute does not worship because of his ignorance, and the Jivanmuktas (free souls) do not worship because they have realized God in themselves.
Being between these two poles of existence, if any one tells you that he is not going to worship God as man, take kindly care of that man; he is, not to use any harsher term, an irresponsible talker; his religion is for unsound and empty brains.
- Swami Vivekananda,
Bhakti-Yoga
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