There is a Persian poem that tells how a lover came to the door of his beloved, and knocked. She asked, “Who art thou?” and he replied “I am so and so, thy beloved!” and she answered only, “Go! I know none such!” But when she had asked for the fourth time, he said “I... View Article

SWAMI VIVEKANANDA explains the relationship between consciousness, superconsciousness and Samadhi. Just as unconscious work is beneath consciousness, so there is another work which is above consciousness, and which also is not accompanied with the feeling of egoism. The feeling of egoism is only on the middle plane. When the mind is above or below that... View Article

SWAMI VIVEKANANDA explains the scientific basis of Yoga and the importance of observation in the process. All our knowledge is based upon experience. What we call inferential knowledge, in which we go from the less to the more general, or from the general to the particular, has experience as its basis. In what are called... View Article

SWAMI VIVEKANANDA explains why it is necessary to have a teacher in the spiritual field, just as it is in most other areas of life. Every soul is destined to be perfect, and every being, in the end, will attain the state of perfection. Whatever we are now is the result of our acts and... View Article