Light

Light

This poem forms a part of a letter that Swami Vivekananda wrote to Josephine MacLeod from Belur Math on December 26, 1900.

I look behind and after
And find that all is right,
In my deepest sorrows
There is a soul of light.

In truth everything is established.

Through truth everything is attained. In truth everything is established.

really great man

Great occasions rouse even the lowest of human beings to some kind of greatness, but he alone is the really great man whose character is great always, the same wherever he be.

Awake! Awake!

Awake! Awake! all ye who would drink of the divine nectar!

The only worship is love.

spiritual

Anything that brings spiritual, mental, or physical weakness, touch it not with the toes of your feet. 

Truth is the nature of all souls.

All truth is eternal. Truth is nobody’s property; no race, no individual can lay any exclusive claim to it. Truth is the nature of all souls. 

Don't look back

Don't look back—forward, infinite energy, infinite enthusiasm, infinite daring, and infinite patience—
then alone can great deeds be accomplished. 

Mercy shall not be for men alone,

Mercy shall not be for men alone, but shall go beyond, and embrace the whole world.

forward, infinite energy, infinite enthusiasm,

Don't look back—forward, infinite energy, infinite enthusiasm, infinite daring, and infinite patience—
then alone can great deeds be accomplished. 

You cannot believe in God until you believe in yourself. 

Ocean of Life and Bliss.

A tremendous stream is flowing toward the ocean, carrying us all along with it; and though like straws and scraps of paper we may at times float aimlessly about, in the long run we are sure to join the Ocean of Life and Bliss. 

God behind, manifests Itself more and more.

Every good thought that you think or act upon is simply tearing the veil, as it were;and the purity, the Infinity, the God behind, manifests Itself more and more.