No one is ever really taught by another; each of us has to teach himse…

Swami Vivekananda
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No one is ever really taught by another; each of us has to teach himself. The external teacher offers only the suggestion, which arouses the internal teacher, who helps us to understand things.
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These tremendous contradictions in our intellect, in our knowledge, yea, in all the facts of our life face us on all sides. ✨ Swami Vivekananda (2015). Jnana Yoga: The Yoga of Knowledge, p.26, editio … ▶
Be an atheist if you want, but do not believe in anything unquestioningly. ✨ Swami Vivekananda (2015). The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda, p.1621, Manonmani Publishers
I am not talking about what every one of us means by love. Little namby-pamby love is lovely. Man rails in love with woman, and woman goes to die for man. The chances are that in five minutes John ki … ▶
Eka-Nishtha or devotion to one ideal is absolutely necessary for the beginner in the practice of religious devotion. ✨ Swami Vivekananda (2015). Meditation and Its Methods, p.56, editionNEXT.com
Just as I sit down to meditate, all the vilest subjects in the world come up. The whole thing is nauseating. Why should the mind think thoughts I do not want it to think? I am as it were a slave to t … ▶

No one is ever really taught by another; each of us has to teach himself. The external teacher offers only the suggestion, which arouses the internal teacher, who helps us to understand things.

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