The Spiritual Import of the Mahabharata and the Bhagavadgita : Ch - 17.12.

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Swami Vivekananda's historic speech on 11 September, 1893.

Ch-17.The Vision of God-12.

He melted away into this omniform, and we do not know who was speaking there, in regard to which object. In a particular place the soul is made to say: Nantam na madhyam na punas tavadim pasyami.

“I cannot see where this begins, where this ends or where its middle is.” That form had no beginning, no end, and no middle. It was a formless mainfestation, told to us only in the language of forms.

It is the height of mystical vision, not to be attained by any kind of human effort. Oftentimes we are told that only the grace of God is the means to this cognition of the Absolute. No teacher of religion, no spiritual genius has been able to explain to us satisfactorily as to how this vision comes at all.

We stumble on this theory and that theory, and finally are forced to come to the conclusion that perhaps it is not the consequence of any effort on our part, though it appears as if we have struggled hard to achieve this great attainment.

Swami Krishnananda
  To be continued  ....

  Swami Vivekananda's historic speech on 11 September, 1893.
 ADDRESS AT THE PARLIAMENT OF RELIGIONS - RESPONSE TO WELCOME
  Chicago, September 11, 1893                                        
  

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