Guest guest Posted December 22, 2009 Report Share Posted December 22, 2009 Teachings of Swami Vivekananda Philosophy insists that there is a joy which is absolute, which never changes. That joy cannot be the joys and pleasures we have in this life, and yet Vedanta shows that everything that is joyful in this life is but a particle of that real joy, because that is the only joy there is. Every moment we are enjoying the absolute bliss, though covered up, misunderstood and caricatured. Wherever there is any blessing, blissfulness, or joy, even the joy of the thief in stealing, it is that Absolute Bliss coming out, only it has become obscured, muddled up, as it were, with all sorts of extraneous conditions and misunderstood. (II. 166-67) After every happiness comes misery; they may be far apart or near. The more advanced the soul, the more quickly does one follow the other. What we want is neither happiness nor misery. Both make us forget our true nature, both are chains, one iron, one gold; behind both is the Atman, who knows neither happiness nor misery. (VII. 11) Source: The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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