Ø True individuality lies not at the level of the finite ego, but at the level of infinite Atman. Man is truly individual only when he becomes universal. He has to transcend the false individuality of the ego to realize his true individuality in the Atman. To the question, “When shall I be free?’, Sri Ramakrishna gives the straight answer, ‘When “I” shall cease to be’. To gain true life, we have to lose our false life first, says Jesus. (Swami Ranganathananda).
Ø All attempts of language calling Him father or brother, our dearest friend, are attempts to objectify God, which cannot be done. He is the eternal SUBJECT of everything. I am the subject of the chair. I see the chair: so God is the eternal subject of my soul. How can you objectify Him, the essence of your souls, the Reality of everything? Thus, I would repeat to you once more, GOD is never knowable nor unknowable, but something infinitely higher than either. He is one with us; and that which is one with us is neither knowable nor unknowable… You cannot know your own self; you cannot move it out and make it an object to look at, because you ARE that, and cannot separate yourself from it. Neither is it unknowable, for what is better known than yourself? It is really the centre of our knowledge. In exactly the same sense, God is neither unknowable nor known, but infinitely higher than both; for He is our real Self. (Swami Vivekananda).
Ø Do you expect anything from your small son, if you do him something? In a similar manner, you will have to work for others also without expecting anything. You will have to expand and think that this whole world is your own self. … When you have tasted a bit of the Bliss of selfless service, you can never leave it. The force of service will induce you to work more with great zeal and enthusiasm. (Swami Sivananda of Divine Life Society).
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