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Souls were never different, the bodies have been constantly

dissolving and recurring. Secondly, these things periodically occur.

Suppose here are three or four dice, and when we throw them, one

comes up five, another four-, another three, and another two. If you

keep on throwing, there must come times when those very same numbers

will recur. Go on throwing and no matter how long may be the

interval, those numbers must come again. It cannot be asserted in how

many throws they will come again; this is the law of chance. So with

souls and their associations. However distant may be the periods, the

same combinations and dissolutions will happen again and again The

same birth. eating and drinking, and then death come round again and

again. Some never find anything higher than the enjoyments of the

world, but those who want to soar higher find that these enjoyments

are never final, are only by the way.

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Today we continue Swamiji's lecture called:

 

THE ATMAN: ITS BONDAGE AND FREEDOM

 

(Delivered in America)

 

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.

 

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