Guest guest Posted February 5, 2004 Report Share Posted February 5, 2004 An excerpt from Swami Vivekananda. I felt a new surge of blood rushing up my veins when I read it this morning. Thank you Swami Vivekananda for your inspiration ! ==================================================================== Be unattached. This is the most terrible task of life! You do not calculate the dangers on the path. Even by intellectually recognising the difficulties, we really do not know them until we feel them. From a distance we may get a general view of a park: well, what of that? We feel and really know it when we are in it. Even if our every attempt is a failure, and we bleed and are torn asunder, yet, through all this, we have to preserve our heart - we must assert our Godhead in the midst of all these difficulties. Nature wants us to react, to return blow for blow, cheating for cheating, lie for lie, to hit back with all our might. Then it requires super-divine power not to hit back, to keep control, to be unattached. We only get what we deserve. It is a lie when we say, the world is bad and we are good. It can never be so. It is a terrible lie we tell ourselves. This is the first lesson to learn:be determined not to curse anything outside, not to lay the blame upon anything outside: but be a man, stand up, lay the blame on yourself. You will find that is always true. Get hold of yourself. Every successful man must have behind him somewhere tremendous integrity, tremendous sincerity, and that is the cause of his success in life. He may not have been perfectly unselfish; yet he was tending towards it. If he had been perfectly unselfish, his would have been as great a success as that of the Buddha or of the Christ. The degree of unselfishness marks the degree of success everywhere. By doing well the duty which is nearest to us, the duty which is in our hands now, we make ourselves stronger; and by improving our strength in this manner step by step, we may even reach a state in which it shall be our privilege to do the most coveted and honoured duties in life and in society. ============================================================= Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 5, 2004 Report Share Posted February 5, 2004 latha nanda, there it is, intention, that is what counts! i'm still learning, to not condemn that which is "outside" me, without taking into account my own limitations and filters. but then there is this joy that is giving us wings. peace, steve c. , "Latha Nanda" <lathananda> wrote: > An excerpt from Swami Vivekananda. I felt a new surge of blood > rushing up my veins when I read it this morning. > > Thank you Swami Vivekananda for your inspiration ! > ==================================================================== > > Be unattached. This is the most terrible task of life! You do not > calculate the dangers on the path. Even by intellectually > recognising the difficulties, we really do not know them until we > feel them. From a distance we may get a general view of a park: > well, what of that? We feel and really know it when we are in it. > Even if our every attempt is a failure, and we bleed and are torn > asunder, yet, through all this, we have to preserve our heart - we > must assert our Godhead in the midst of all these difficulties. > Nature wants us to react, to return blow for blow, cheating for > cheating, lie for lie, to hit back with all our might. Then it > requires super-divine power not to hit back, to keep control, to be > unattached. > > We only get what we deserve. It is a lie when we say, the world is > bad and we are good. It can never be so. It is a terrible lie we > tell ourselves. This is the first lesson to learn:be determined not > to curse anything outside, not to lay the blame upon anything > outside: but be a man, stand up, lay the blame on yourself. You will > find that is always true. Get hold of yourself. > > Every successful man must have behind him somewhere tremendous > integrity, tremendous sincerity, and that is the cause of his > success in life. He may not have been perfectly unselfish; yet he > was tending towards it. If he had been perfectly unselfish, his > would have been as great a success as that of the Buddha or of the > Christ. The degree of unselfishness marks the degree of success > everywhere. > > By doing well the duty which is nearest to us, the duty which is in > our hands now, we make ourselves stronger; and by improving our > strength in this manner step by step, we may even reach a state in > which it shall be our privilege to do the most coveted and honoured > duties in life and in society. > > ============================================================= Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 6, 2004 Report Share Posted February 6, 2004 Thank you so much, all of you, for all you share. I don't write a lot, but I am so grateful. I am so grateful to Shree Ma and Swamiji and all my teachers, of which you also are. All of us instruments of this beautiful Divine. Peace and blessings and may we all remember Who we are! Jai Jai Jai Jai Ma! I kiss the ground in gratitude to the divine in form in this earthy humanity, for my learning and growth... and may consciousness always bring gratitude and remembrance to us all. Namaste, Love Gina Sala Latha Nanda [lathananda] Thursday, February 05, 2004 10:34 AM On Work and its Secret An excerpt from Swami Vivekananda. I felt a new surge of blood rushing up my veins when I read it this morning. Thank you Swami Vivekananda for your inspiration ! ==================================================================== Be unattached. This is the most terrible task of life! You do not calculate the dangers on the path. Even by intellectually recognising the difficulties, we really do not know them until we feel them. From a distance we may get a general view of a park: well, what of that? We feel and really know it when we are in it. Even if our every attempt is a failure, and we bleed and are torn asunder, yet, through all this, we have to preserve our heart - we must assert our Godhead in the midst of all these difficulties. Nature wants us to react, to return blow for blow, cheating for cheating, lie for lie, to hit back with all our might. Then it requires super-divine power not to hit back, to keep control, to be unattached. We only get what we deserve. It is a lie when we say, the world is bad and we are good. It can never be so. It is a terrible lie we tell ourselves. This is the first lesson to learn:be determined not to curse anything outside, not to lay the blame upon anything outside: but be a man, stand up, lay the blame on yourself. You will find that is always true. Get hold of yourself. Every successful man must have behind him somewhere tremendous integrity, tremendous sincerity, and that is the cause of his success in life. He may not have been perfectly unselfish; yet he was tending towards it. If he had been perfectly unselfish, his would have been as great a success as that of the Buddha or of the Christ. The degree of unselfishness marks the degree of success everywhere. By doing well the duty which is nearest to us, the duty which is in our hands now, we make ourselves stronger; and by improving our strength in this manner step by step, we may even reach a state in which it shall be our privilege to do the most coveted and honoured duties in life and in society. ============================================================= Links Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You are posting as a guest. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.