The Yogi says, religion is practical if you know first why
misery exists. All the misery in the world is in the senses.
Is there any
ailment in the sun, moon, and stars?
The same fire that cooks your meal burns
the child. Is it the fault of the fire? Blessed be the fire! Blessed be this
electricity! It gives light. ...
Where can you lay the blame? Not on the
elements.
The world is neither good nor bad; the world is the world. The fire
is the fire. If you burn your finger in it, you are a fool. If you [cook your meal
and with it satisfy your hunger,] you are a wise man. That is all the
difference.
Circumstances can never be good or bad. Only the individual man can
be good or bad. What is meant by the world being good or bad?
Misery and
happiness can only belong to the sensuous individual man.
- Swami Vivekananda,
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