My understanding on quote 'a specific request to all devotees of swamiji(sw.v)'

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As I understand it:

Swami Vivekananda is talking about whether the world is objective or

subjective, ie., whether 'IT IS therefore WE SEE'(realism) or 'WE SEE

therefore IT IS' (called as 'subjective idealism', if I am correct). If we

look at our experience of the 'world', there is a stimulus(sv calls as x)

which trigger a cognition in our brain(sv calls as reaction). Now, whether

the stimulus is 'outside' or 'inside' is again only a conclusion in the

brain. That conclusion is based on our concept of 'outside' and 'inside'

which again is only based on our previous 'reactions'. So, there is no way

of saying whether the stimulus and the cognition are outside or inside us.

The 'ourside' or 'inside' themselves are not definable (because they are

'reactions' themselves). Also, the reaction to the stimulus is based on our

previous 'knowledge' of the 'world' which is based only on our previous

'reactions'. So, the 'world' is undefinable as it is. This is 'idealism'.

But, sv says that since there are perceptions by multiple brains (for

example you and me) and many x-reaction(sv uses 'x+mind') cycles going on

(many in each brain), and those brains seem to influence one another (since

the world itself has been reduced to perception by idealism), a 'realism'

about it cannot also be dismissed. So, world as it is, is an

idealism-realism mix and a hypnotic circle or influence.