MEDITATE WHILE YOU WORK (18)

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MEDITATE WHILE YOU WORK : A NEW PATH FOR A NEW AGE (18)

Swami Ashokananda

 

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Swami Vivekananda, who was a man with authority to speak of

such matters - he was the soul of this age - said again and again :

"This is the age of the worship of the Virat, the visible God.'

Who is the visible God ? _This_ is the visible God, this which

you see. The reality that you see, that which is real to you,

_this_ is God. This vast universe that you see spread before

you, which you are perceiving every moment of your existence,

_this_ is God - boundless, boundless. This is called the Virat

in Sanskrit, which means the 'vast one'. 'Well', you might say,

'shouting will not make it God; it is mostly just matter, with

a little sprinkling of life and a little sprinkling of

consciousness. How can you say this is God ?' I say this is God !

Rub your eyes and see clearly ! You are seeing things, as it were,

with eyes closed in slumber. You are rarely able to open your

eyes. Rub your eyes and try to open them; get your eyes accustomed

to the light,and then you will find that what you thought to be

the material world is not really material, but the actual Being

of God present before you. And of this Being, Swami Vivekananda

used to say men and women, human beings are the highest

expression.

 

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