Disciple: Sir, this "I" has a most tenacious life. It is very difficult to kill it.
Swamiji: Yes, in one sense, it is very difficult, but in another sense, it is quite easy.
Can you tell me where this "I" exists? How can you speak of anything being killed, which never exists at all?
Man only remains hypnotised with the false idea of an ego. When this ghost is off from us, all dreams vanish, and then it is found that the one Self only exists from the highest Being to a blade of brass.
This will have to be known, to be realised.
- Swami Vivekananda,
Conversations and Dialogues,
recorded by Sharat Chandra Chakravarty
Swamiji: Yes, in one sense, it is very difficult, but in another sense, it is quite easy.
Can you tell me where this "I" exists? How can you speak of anything being killed, which never exists at all?
Man only remains hypnotised with the false idea of an ego. When this ghost is off from us, all dreams vanish, and then it is found that the one Self only exists from the highest Being to a blade of brass.
This will have to be known, to be realised.
- Swami Vivekananda,
Conversations and Dialogues,
recorded by Sharat Chandra Chakravarty
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