Guest guest Posted December 19, 1999 Report Share Posted December 19, 1999 Vivekananda Centre Taken from a talk by Swami Vivekananda on Practical Vedanta (London 1896) " There is only one life and one world, and this one life and one world is appearing to us as manifold. This manifoldness is like a dream. When you dream, one dream passes away and another comes. You do not live in your dreams. The dreams come one after another, scene after scene unfolds before you. So it is in this world of ninety percent misery and ten percent happiness. Perhaps after a while it will appear as ninety percent happiness and we shall call it heaven, but a time comes to the sage when the whole thing vanishes, and this world appears as God Himself, and his own soul as God. Therefore the first step for us to take is to teach the truth to ourselves and others. " Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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