THOUGHT, THE PROPELLING FORCE

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THOUGHT, THE PROPELLING FORCE(By Swami Vivekananda)

 

It is the thought which is the propelling force in us. Fill the mind with the

highest thoughts, hear them day after day, think them month after month. Never

mind the failures; they are quite natural, they are the beauty of life, these

failures. What would be life without them? It would not be worth having if it

were not for struggles. Where would be the poetry of life? Never mind the

struggles, the mistakes. So never mind these failures, these little

backslidings; hold the ideal a thousand times, and if you fail a thousand times,

make the attempt once more. The ideal of man is to see God in everything. But if

you cannot see Him everything, see Him in one thing which you like the best, and

then see Him another. So on you can go. There is infinite life before the soul.

Take your time, and you will achieve your end. (2:152-53)

 

Few understand the power of thought. If a man goes into a cave, shuts himself

in, and thinks one really great thought and dies, that thoyght will penetrate

the walls of that cave, vibrate through space, and at last penetrate the human

race. Such is the power of thought; be in no hurry therefore to give your

thoughts to others. first have something to give. He alone teaches who has

something to give, for teaching is not talking, teaching is not imparting

doctrines, it is communicating. Spirituality can be communicated just as really

as I can give you a flower. This is the true in the most literal sense(4:177-78)

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This is nice. Thanks for posting it. I also want to add that since

God is not really a He or Him, if one keeps envisioning the Divine in

such a limited way, one also limits life experience, and the

experience of the Divine.

 

..02 from Mary Ann

 

, devishakti_india

<devishakti_india> wrote:

> THOUGHT, THE PROPELLING FORCE(By Swami Vivekananda)

>

> It is the thought which is the propelling force in us. Fill the

mind with the highest thoughts, hear them day after day, think them

month after month. Never mind the failures; they are quite natural,

they are the beauty of life, these failures. What would be life

without them? It would not be worth having if it were not for

struggles. Where would be the poetry of life? Never mind the

struggles, the mistakes. So never mind these failures, these little

backslidings; hold the ideal a thousand times, and if you fail a

thousand times, make the attempt once more. The ideal of man is to

see God in everything. But if you cannot see Him everything, see Him

in one thing which you like the best, and then see Him another. So on

you can go. There is infinite life before the soul. Take your time,

and you will achieve your end. (2:152-53)

>

> Few understand the power of thought. If a man goes into a cave,

shuts himself in, and thinks one really great thought and dies, that

thoyght will penetrate the walls of that cave, vibrate through space,

and at last penetrate the human race. Such is the power of thought;

be in no hurry therefore to give your thoughts to others. first have

something to give. He alone teaches who has something to give, for

teaching is not talking, teaching is not imparting doctrines, it is

communicating. Spirituality can be communicated just as really as I

can give you a flower. This is the true in the most literal sense

(4:177-78)

[Guest guest]

Yes indeed. The power of thought, imagery, visualization is really a

bedrock of SVU practice, IMHO.

 

DB

 

, "Mary Ann"

<buttercookie61> wrote:

> This is nice. Thanks for posting it. I also want to add that since

> God is not really a He or Him, if one keeps envisioning the Divine

in

> such a limited way, one also limits life experience, and the

> experience of the Divine.

>

> .02 from Mary Ann

>

> , devishakti_india

> <devishakti_india> wrote:

> > THOUGHT, THE PROPELLING FORCE(By Swami Vivekananda)

> >

> > It is the thought which is the propelling force in us. Fill the

> mind with the highest thoughts, hear them day after day, think

them

> month after month. Never mind the failures; they are quite

natural,

> they are the beauty of life, these failures. What would be life

> without them? It would not be worth having if it were not for

> struggles. Where would be the poetry of life? Never mind the

> struggles, the mistakes. So never mind these failures, these

little

> backslidings; hold the ideal a thousand times, and if you fail a

> thousand times, make the attempt once more. The ideal of man is to

> see God in everything. But if you cannot see Him everything, see

Him

> in one thing which you like the best, and then see Him another. So

on

> you can go. There is infinite life before the soul. Take your

time,

> and you will achieve your end. (2:152-53)

> >

> > Few understand the power of thought. If a man goes into a cave,

> shuts himself in, and thinks one really great thought and dies,

that

> thoyght will penetrate the walls of that cave, vibrate through

space,

> and at last penetrate the human race. Such is the power of

thought;

> be in no hurry therefore to give your thoughts to others. first

have

> something to give. He alone teaches who has something to give, for

> teaching is not talking, teaching is not imparting doctrines, it

is

> communicating. Spirituality can be communicated just as really as

I

> can give you a flower. This is the true in the most literal sense

> (4:177-78)