Something to Think About

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The following was taken from a card published by the Vivekananda Institute of Human Excellence, Hyderabad, India.

Swami Vivekananda Ji on Divinity of Man”

Teach yourselves, teach everyone, his real nature, call upon the sleeping soul and see how it awakes. Power will come, glory will come, goodness will come, purity will come, and everything that is excellent will come, when this sleeping soul is roused to self-conscious activityIf the fisherman thinks that he is the Spirit, he will be a better fisherman; if the student thinks he is the Spirit, he will be a better student. If the lawyer thinks he is the Spirit, he will be a better lawyer.

My ideal indeed can be put into a few words and that is; to preach unto mankind their divinity, and how to make it manifest in every movement of life.

Manifest the divinity within you, and everything will be harmoniously arranged around it.

Religion is the manifestation of the Divinity already in man.

The more our bliss is within, the more spiritual we are. Let us not depend upon the world for pleasure.