15 Quotes by Swami Vivekananda about real

  • Author Swami Vivekananda
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    Whose meditation is real and effective? Who can really surrender to the will of God? Only the person whose mind has been purified by selfless work.

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    The 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.

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    All that is real in me is God; all that is real in God is I. The gulf between God and me is thus bridged. Thus by knowing God, we find that the kingdom of heaven is within us.

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    One may gain political and social independence, but if one is a slave to his passions and desires, one cannot feel the pure joy of real freedom

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    The "ego" like its correlative "non-ego", is the product of the body, mind etc. The only proof of the existence of the real Self is realisation.

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