Unity in Diversity

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I do not say your view is wrong, you are welcome to it. Great good

and blessing come out of it, but do not, therefore, condemn my view.

Mine also is practical in its own way. Let us all work out our own

plans. Would to God all of us were equally practical on both sides. I

have seen some scientists who were equally practical, both as

scientists and as spiritual men, and it is my great hope that in

course of time the whole of humanity will be efficient in the same

manner. When a kettle of water is coming to the boil, if you watch

the phenomena, you find first one bubble rising, and then another and

so on, until at last they all join, and a tremendous commotion takes

place. This world is very similar. Each individual is like a bubble,

and the nations, resemble many bubbles. Gradually these nations are

joining, and I am sure the day will come when separation will vanish

and that Oneness to which we are all going will become manifest. A

time must come when every man will be as intensely practical in the

scientific world as in the spiritual, and then that Oneness, the

harmony of Oneness, will pervade the whole world. The whole of

mankind will become Jivanmuktas--free whilst living. We are all

struggling towards that one end through our jealousies and hatreds,

through our love and co-operation. A tremendous stream is flowing

towards the ocean carrying us all along with it; and though like

straws and scraps of paper we may at times float aimlessly about, in

the long run we are sure to join the Ocean of Life and Bliss.

 

- Swami Vivekananda