No breathing, no physical training of Yoga, nothing is of any use until you reach to the idea, "I am the Witness."
Say, when the tyrant hand is on your neck, "I am the Witness! I am the Witness!" Say, "I am the Spirit!
Nothing external can touch me."
When evil thoughts arise, repeat that, give that sledge-hammer blow on their heads, "I am the Spirit! I am the Witness, the Ever-blessed! I have no reason to do, no reason to suffer, I have finished with everything, I am the Witness.
I am in my picture gallery -- this universe is my museum,
I am looking at these successive paintings. They are all beautiful. Whether good or evil. I see the marvellous skill, but it is all one.
Infinite flames of the Great Painter!"
- Swami Vivekananda,
Sadhanas or Preparations for Higher Life,
Notes from Lectures and Discourses
Say, when the tyrant hand is on your neck, "I am the Witness! I am the Witness!" Say, "I am the Spirit!
Nothing external can touch me."
When evil thoughts arise, repeat that, give that sledge-hammer blow on their heads, "I am the Spirit! I am the Witness, the Ever-blessed! I have no reason to do, no reason to suffer, I have finished with everything, I am the Witness.
I am in my picture gallery -- this universe is my museum,
I am looking at these successive paintings. They are all beautiful. Whether good or evil. I see the marvellous skill, but it is all one.
Infinite flames of the Great Painter!"
- Swami Vivekananda,
Sadhanas or Preparations for Higher Life,
Notes from Lectures and Discourses
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