HINTS ON PRACTICAL SPIRITUALITY - 6. Swami Vivekananda.

14/01/2017.

6.1
But in spite of this the world has not yet come to ruin.

It was said in this country that if the Negroes were freed, the country would go to ruin — but did it? 

6.2
It was also said that if the masses were educated, the world would come to ruin — but it was only made better. 

6.3
Several years ago a book came out depicting the worst thing that could happen to England. 

The writer showed that as workmen's wages were rising,

 English commerce was declining. 

6.4
A cry was raised that the workmen in England were exorbitant in their demands, and that the Germans worked for less wages.

A commission was sent over to Germany to investigate this and it reported that the German laborers received higher wages.

6.5

Why was it so? 

Because of the education of the masses. 

Then how about the world going to ruin if the masses are educated? 

6.6
In India, especially, we meet with old fogies all over the land. 

They want to keep everything secret from the masses. 

These people come to the very satisfying conclusion that they are the crême de la crême of this universe. 

They believed they cannot be hurt by these dangerous experiments. 

It is only the masses that can be hurt by them!

To be continued ...