Let us worship the spirit in spirit, standing on spirit.
Let the foundation be spirit, the middle spirit, the culmination spirit. There will be no world anywhere. Let it go and whirl into space -- who cares?
Stand thou in the spirit! That is the goal.
We know we cannot reach it yet. Never mind. Do not despair, and do not drag the ideal down.
The important thing is: how much less you think of the body, of yourself as matter -- as dead, dull, insentient matter; how much more you think of yourself as shining immortal being. The more you think of yourself as shining immortal spirit, the more eager you will be to be absolutely free of matter, body, and senses.
This is the intense desire to be free.
- Swami Vivekananda,
‘Discipleship’, Talk at San Francisco
Let the foundation be spirit, the middle spirit, the culmination spirit. There will be no world anywhere. Let it go and whirl into space -- who cares?
Stand thou in the spirit! That is the goal.
We know we cannot reach it yet. Never mind. Do not despair, and do not drag the ideal down.
The important thing is: how much less you think of the body, of yourself as matter -- as dead, dull, insentient matter; how much more you think of yourself as shining immortal being. The more you think of yourself as shining immortal spirit, the more eager you will be to be absolutely free of matter, body, and senses.
This is the intense desire to be free.
- Swami Vivekananda,
‘Discipleship’, Talk at San Francisco
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