Monday, December 12, 2011

HE WHO FINDS IN THE MIDST OF INTENSE ACTIVITY THE GREATEST REST, AND IN THE MIDST OF THE GREATEST REST INTENSE ACTIVITY, HE HAS BECOME A YOGI


When we come to that non-attachment, then we can understand the marvellous mystery of the universe; how it is intense activity and vibration, and at the same time intensest peace and calm; how it is work every moment and rest every moment. That is the mystery of the universe — the impersonal and personal in one, the infinite and finite in one. Then we shall find the secret. "He who finds in the midst of intense activity the greatest rest, and in the midst of the greatest rest intense activity, he has become a Yogi."[3] He alone is a real worker, none else. We do a little work and break ourselves. Why? We become attached to that work. If we do not become attached, side by side with it we have infinite rest. ...
- Swami Vivekananda
Krishna - Delivered in California, on April 1, 1900

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