The great strength of Christ is not in His miracles or His healing.
Any fool could do those things. Fools can heal others, devils can heal others. I have seen horrible demoniacal men do wonderful miracles. They seem to manufacture fruits out of the earth. I have known fools and diabolical men tell the past, present, and future. I have seen fools heal at a glance, by the will, the most horrible diseases.
These are powers, truly, but often demoniacal powers.
The other is the spiritual power of Christ which will live and always has lived -- an almighty, gigantic love, and the words of truth which He preached.
- Swami Vivekananda,
Addresses on Bhakti-Yoga, New York
Any fool could do those things. Fools can heal others, devils can heal others. I have seen horrible demoniacal men do wonderful miracles. They seem to manufacture fruits out of the earth. I have known fools and diabolical men tell the past, present, and future. I have seen fools heal at a glance, by the will, the most horrible diseases.
These are powers, truly, but often demoniacal powers.
The other is the spiritual power of Christ which will live and always has lived -- an almighty, gigantic love, and the words of truth which He preached.
- Swami Vivekananda,
Addresses on Bhakti-Yoga, New York
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