Swami Vivekananda Spiritual Leader, Philosopher Spiritual “Even the minds of animals, such as dogs, lions, cats, and serpents, become charmed with music.” Animal Dog Cat ♥ 4
Swami Vivekananda Spiritual Leader, Philosopher Spiritual “Jesus Christ was God - the Personal God become man. He has manifested Himself many times in different forms and these alone are what you can worship. God in His absolute nature is not to be worshipped. Worshipping such God would be nonsense. We have to worship Jesus Christ, the human manifestation, as God. You cannot worship anything higher than the manifestation of God. The sooner you give up the worship of God separate from Christ, the better for you.” Men Jesus Giving Up ♥ 4
Spiritual “There is but one temple - the body. It is the only temple that ever existed.” Body Temples ♥ 4
Spiritual “Do not disturb the faith of any. . . Our duty is not to disturb the faith of others.” Faith Duty ♥ 4
Spiritual “Meditative state is the highest state of existence. So long as there is desire, no real happiness can come. It is only the contemplative, witness-like study of objects that brings to us real enjoyment and happiness. The animal has its happiness in the senses, the man in his intellect, and the god in spiritual contemplation. It is only to the soul that has attained to this contemplative state that the world really becomes beautiful. To him who desires nothing, and does not mix himself up with them, the manifold changes of nature are one panorama of beauty and sublimity.” Real Beautiful Spiritual ♥ 4
Spiritual “God is the one goal of all our passions and emotions. If you want to be angry, be angry with Him. Chide your Beloved, chide your Friend. Whom else can you safely chide? Mortal man will not patiently put up with your anger; there will be a reaction. If you are angry with me I am sure quickly to react, because I cannot patiently put up with your anger. Say unto the Beloved, "Why do You not come to me; why do You leave me thus alone?" Where is there any enjoyment but in Him? What enjoyment can there be in little clods of earth?” Men Passion Anger ♥ 4
Spiritual “Do not fret because the world looks with suspicion at every new attempt, even though it be in the path of spirituality.” World Looks Path ♥ 3
Spiritual “Eka-Nishtha or devotion to one ideal is absolutely necessary for the beginner in the practice of religious devotion.” Religious Practice Beginners ♥ 3
Spiritual “In whatever name or form they are offered, all these flowers are laid at God's feet, for He is the one Lord of all, the one Soul of all souls.” Names God Flower ♥ 3
Spiritual “The forms are evanescent; but the spirit, being in the Lord and of the Lord, is immortal and omnipresent.” Spirit Form Lord ♥ 3
Spiritual “Without birth or death, eternal, ever-existing, free, unchangeable and beyond all conditions is this Soul of man - the real Self of Man - the Atman.” Real Spiritual God ♥ 3
Spiritual “God is the ever active providence, by whose power systems after systems are being evolved out of chaos, made to run for a time and again destroyed.” Running Made Chaos ♥ 3