Guest guest Posted October 1, 2003 Report Share Posted October 1, 2003 Dear Sourav, As far as I understand, Swami Vivekananda takes the position of " I " because this is the way to be talked to the West - from the standpoint of a person (and it must be strong person) and reason and on the language of reason. I think, otherwise, he would not have been understand. Moreover, the assertion that he and all of us are " I " or God is one of the ways to explain the Impersonal aspect of God, which I think, had been almost entirely unknown idea in the West. In one of his lectures, called " Meditation " , he says: " I am never Rama [never one with Isvara, the personal aspect of God], but I am [one with Brahman, the impersonal, all-pervading existence]. Here is a huge mass of clay. Out of that clay I made a little [mouse] and you made a little [elephant]. Both are clay. Melt both down. They are essentially one. " I and my Father are one " . [but the clay mouse can never be one with clay elephant.] " - or nobody can be Rama, Krishna, Christ, etc. The phrases in brackets are placed to fill the omissions in lecture but Swami Vivekananda gives the same metaphor in other his lectures. Regards, Milena The New with improved product search Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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