TODAY’S VIVEKANANDA QUOTE We are human beings only so long as we are struggling to rise above nature, and this nature is both internal and external. Not only does it comprise the laws that govern the particles of matter outside us and in our bodies, but also the more subtle nature within, which is, in fact, the motive power governing the external. Jnana Yoga: “The Necessity of Religion” (London, June 7, 1896). Complete Works, 2. 64-65. (fb)

TODAY’S VIVEKANANDA QUOTE Freedom is the motive of the universe, freedom its goal. The laws of nature are the methods through which we are struggling to reach that freedom, under the guidance of Mother. This universal struggle for freedom attains its highest expression in our conscious desire to be free. From notes discovered among Swami Vivekananda’s papers. He evidently intended to write a book and jotted down these points for the work. Complete Works, 5. 434. (fb)