Guest guest Posted February 27, 2000 Report Share Posted February 27, 2000 Again, there are philosophers who talk of the wisdom of India and the East and use big psychological terms, fifty syllables long, but if an ordinary man like me goes to them and says, " Can you tell me anything to make me spiritual ? " , the first thing they would do would be to smile and say, " Oh, you are too far below us in your reason. What can you understand about spirituality ? " These are high-up philosophers. They simply show you the door. Then there are the mystical sects who speak all sorts of things about different planes of existence, different states of mind, and what the power of the mind can do, and so on; and if you are an ordinary man and say, " Show me anything good that I can do; I am not much given to speculation; can you give me anything that will suit me ? " , they will smile and say, " Listen to that fool; he knows nothing, his existence is for nothing. " And this is going on everywhere in the world. I would like to get extreme exponents of all these different sects, and shut them up in a room, and photograph their beautiful derisive smiles! _________________ We continue a lecture called THE IDEAL OF A UNIVERSAL RELIGION. This is a part of a daily study of the lectures and writings of Swami Vivekananda. All lectures are sent out in sequenced form, as he spoke them. Please tell a friend about this Vivekananda Mailing list and study group. To or send a message to sarada. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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