Don’t avoid any work. There is nothing that is unknowable, difficult to understand, or puzzling. Through the intellect, human beings have solved the mystery of deep truths such as: what is God, what …
December 16: Meditate and Contemplate
The knowledge of Brahman cannot be realized if the aspirant is worldly-minded even in the slightest degree. He succeeds in acquiring this knowledge only when his mind is totally free from ‘woman and …
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December 15: Mother Is Our Guide
. . . The Mother is our guide and whatever happens or will happen is under Her ordination. . . . (p.417, V.6, Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda, Swamiji’s letter dt 15 December 1898) A man who …
December 6: God Is Our Inner Controller
If you are really ready to take the world's burden, take it by all means. But do not let us hear your groans and curses. Do not frighten us with your sufferings, so that we came to feel we were better …
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November 28: Signs of a Holy Man
He who has surrendered his body, mind, and innermost self to God is surely a holy man. He who has renounced ‘woman and gold’ is surely a holy man. He is a holy man who does not regard woman with the …
November 26: Unselfish Work
But work without any selfish motive is good. It does not create any worry. But it is very difficult to be totally unselfish. We may think that our work is selfless, but selfishness comes, unknown to …