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June 19, 2009
In the collection of Swami Vivekananda’s teachings called “Inspired Talks”, he offers a beautiful quote:
“No amount of ignorance or wrong ideas can put a barrier between the soul and God. Even if there be no God, still hold fast to love. It is better to die seeking God than to live as a dog, seeking only carrion. Choose the highest ideal and give your life up to that. Death being certain, it is the highest thing to give up life for a great purpose.”
That is the charge. Belief systems are not the end all of religion. It is the ideal and its realization. Atheism is as welcome in that mix as orthodox religiosity. When it comes to scrutiny of the mind, leave nothing apart from investigation. When it comes to love, leave nothing apart from its realization.
