Guest guest Posted December 2, 2009 Report Share Posted December 2, 2009 Teachings of Swami Vivekananda Personal God is as much an entity for Himself as we are for ourselves, and no more. God can also be seen as a form, just as we are seen. As men we must have God; as gods we need none. This is why Sri Ramakrishna constantly saw the Divine Mother ever present with him, more real than any other thing around him; but in Samadhi all went but the Self. Personal God comes nearer and nearer until He melts away and there is no more Personal God and no more "I", all is merged in the Self. (VII. 57-58) A man who understands and believes in the Impersonal - John Stuart Mill, for example - may say that a Personal God is impossible, and cannot be proved. I admit with him that a Personal God cannot be demonstrated. But He is the highest reading of the Impersonal that can be reached by the human intellect, and what else is the universe but various readings of the Absolute? It is like a book before us, and each one has brought his intellect to read it, and each one has to read it for himself. (II. 337) Source: The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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