Swami Vivekananda was the great disciple of the Indian mystic Ramakrishna. In 1893 he stood before the Parliament of the World’s Religions in Chicago and began, “Sisters and brothers of America.” The hall rose in a standing ovation.
He brought Vedanta and yoga to the West and taught that every religion is a path to the same truth. He passed in 1902, only thirty-nine years old.
“Arise, awake, and stop not till the goal is reached.”
Swami Vivekananda, after the Katha Upanishad
“The old religions said that he was an atheist who did not believe in God. The new religion says that he is the atheist who does not believe in himself.”
Swami Vivekananda, Practical Vedanta
Vivekananda taught that each soul is potentially divine, and the goal of life is to bring that divinity out. Strength is life, weakness is death. Believe in yourself, serve others as the Divine in disguise, and you will find the Great Spirit everywhere.
Reflect: Where have you been playing small, and what would happen if you believed in yourself?
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