Vivekananda Mailing List-3/9/04

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I am That, and you are That. Not parts of It, but the whole of It. " It

is the Eternal Knower standing behind the whole phenomena; He Himself

is the phenomena. " He is both the subject and the object, He is the " I "

and the " You " . How is this? " How to know the Knower? The Knower cannot

know Himself; I see everything but cannot see myself. The Self, the

Knower, the Lord of all, the Real Being, is the cause of all the vision

that is in the universe, but it is impossible for Him to see Himself or

know Himself, excepting through reflection. You cannot see your own

face except in a mirror, and so the Self cannot see Its own nature

until It is reflected, and this whole universe therefore is the Self

trying to realise Itself.

 

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Today we continue a lecture by Swami Vivekananda's called THE FREE

SOUL, (Delivered in New York, 1896), found in Volume 3 of the Complete

works.

 

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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