Guest guest Posted March 31, 2009 Report Share Posted March 31, 2009 Pearls of Wisdom A golden chain is as much a chain as an iron one. (I. 55) Free will is a misnomer. (II. 283) The ghosts of past thoughts, past lives hold us down. (VI. 30) We think in time; our thoughts are bound by time; all that exists, exists in time and space. (VI. 34) We must learn not only to attach the mind to one thing exclusively, but also to detach it at a moment's notice and place it upon something else. (VI. 38) Bondage brings only misery. (VIII. 414) Desire, ignorance and inequality - this is the trinity of bondage. (VIII. 344) As long as we require someone else to make us happy, we are slaves. (V. 239) We are all slaves to our senses, slaves to our minds, conscious and subconscious. (VI. 29) He whose senses rule him is worldly - is a slave. (VIII. 40) Source: The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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