THE CALL OF THE REAL : 2. SWAMI SIVANANDA

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14/04/2019
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Why modern civilisation has despised religion is only because it understands by religion an outburst of the irrational spirit. The truth is far from this!

Religion is the light that enlivens the most rational life, the manifestation of the eternal glow of intelligence that peeps through even the mightiest genius of the world. There can be no civilisation without religion, and there is no worth in religion if it is destitute of spirituality.

That religion which aims at nothing more than a happy life in the world is only materialistic utilitarianism and not a solacing religion.

Materialism is the crude product of a want of proper illumination and insight into the true essence and, hence, it is not worthy of consideration. An impure heart and conceited brain cannot understand religion.

True religion begins when and where the intellect ends.

Religion is neither emotion nor scholarship, but knowledge that is direct and immediate, a faith born not of practical necessity but of impersonal experience.

The revelations of the Vedas and the Upanishads, all have sprung from an impersonal source, though this impersonality is made known to us only as expressed through personalities. No intelligent man of the world can say that he has reached the zenith of intelligence; knowledge grows and widens when experience deepens itself.

Many rank materialists have turned into great spiritual heroes, which shows that the shallow world cannot satisfy the deep spirit in man. This One Spirit is common to all and, therefore, religion must be One, not two or many. Though shirts and coats may be many, the person who puts them on is the same.

To be continued ..


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